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U.S. In Venezuela, Future Of Venezuela, Maduro In NYC Court

U.S. In Venezuela, Future Of Venezuela, Maduro In NYC Court

Up First from NPR
Jan 5, 2026 13 min
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President Trump says the United States will run Venezuela after U.S. forces seized Nicolás Maduro and his wife in Caracas.<br>Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez shifts from defiance to calls for cooperation as the White House ramps up pressure and threatens further action.<br>And Nicolás Maduro is set to appear in a New York courtroom, facing drug trafficking, weapons, and narco-terrorism charges that could test the reach of U.S. law overseas.<br/><br/><em>Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe</a><em> to the Up First newsletter.<br></em><p class="readrate">Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Andrew Sussman, Tara Neill, Krishnadev Calamur, Mohamad ElBardicy, and HJ Mai.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.<p class="readrate">(0:00) Introduction<br>(01:54) U.S. In Venezuela<br>(05:49) Future Of Venezuela <br>(09:46) Maduro In NYC Court<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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