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Venezuela’s former president, Nicolás Maduro, is set to appear in a New York court again on Thursday after being captured by US forces in a dramatic night operation. Maduro, 63, and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been held in a jail in Brooklyn for nearly three months. They were taken…

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is scheduled to appear in a New York federal court on Thursday for the second time since his capture by U.S. forces in a January raid. The 63-year-old former leader, held in a Brooklyn detention center for nearly three months, faces multiple charges including narco-terrorism…

NEW YORK - Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro returns to a Manhattan court on March 26 where he will argue that drug trafficking charges against him should be thrown out more than two months after he and his wife were captured in a surprise US military raid in Caracas. Maduro…

Venezuela’s Maduro faces US court months after Caracas capture Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro returns to a US court on Thursday to face criminal charges, including narcoterrorism and cocaine importation conspiracy, for allegedly leading a cartel that collaborated with the FARC to ship drugs. Following his capture in Caracas by…

As ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro prepares for his next court hearing in the US, his son is projecting an optimistic and defiant image of how his father and First Lady Cilia Flores are coping with life behind bars. However, people with access to the notorious Brooklyn jail where he…

Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro cut a relaxed figure Thursday as he returned to a federal court in New York for his second appearance since his capture by US forces in an extraordinary nighttime raid. During the one-hour hearing, the judge indicated he would not dismiss the case over Maduro…

MIAMI — Marco Rubio and David Rivera charted a rise in this city’s famously scrappy politics together. Both sons of Cuban immigrants, they befriended each other as campaign volunteers in the 1990s and climbed the ranks of local politics side-by-side. As young state legislators, they bought a house together near…

This courtroom sketch shows deposed president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro, foreground, and his wife, Cilia Flores, seated, attending their arraignment in New York in January where they pleaded not guilty to charges of narco-terrorism. Photo by Jane RosenbergAFP/File Article content NEW YORK — Alvin Hellerstein, the U.S. judge overseeing the…

US President Trump, who cut off oil supplies to Cuba after abducting Venezuela’s President Maduro, has threatened to take over the island-nation. The Cuban government has said it is prepared for any potential United States attacks as the island-nation begins to recover from yet another blackout under a punishing oil…

CARACAS, Venezuela — For Vanessa Farina, hope had become dangerous. For more than a year, she had measured out her life by the number of days her husband, the human rights activist and politician Luis Tarbay, spent in Venezuela’s most notorious prison. Now, with President Nicolás Maduro in U.S. custody…