Flores, Cilia

• Maduro Says He Is a Prisoner of War, Not a Defendant. The Words Matter. - His simple statement in federal court was aimed directly at contradictions in the Trump administration’s actions in the Caribbean.
• Maduro, Appearing in U.S. Court for Arraignment, Says He Was ‘Kidnapped’ and Pleads Not Guilty - “I’m innocent. I’m not guilty. I am a decent man,” the captured Venezuelan president told a judge in Manhattan federal court. “I am still president of my country.”
• At the U.N., Even Allies Condemn U.S. Action in Venezuela - The deputy French U.N. ambassador said it chipped “away at the very foundation of international order.”
• Maduro and His Wife to Be Arraigned in Manhattan Federal Court - Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, and his wife, Cilia Flores, will make their first appearance on Monday in a New York City courthouse, the site of other high-profile proceedings.
• Rubio Stresses U.S. Plan to Coerce Venezuela Rather Than Govern It - The secretary of state said that a military “quarantine” on some oil exports would stay in place to put pressure on the country’s acting leadership.