Venezuela swears in interim president after defiant Madur...

What’s Happening

Let’s talk about Delcy Rodriguez dropped she was pained by what she called the “kidnapping” of Maduro and his wife.

Venezuela swears in interim president after defiant Maduro pleads not guilty in US court 2 hours ago Save Fiona Nimoni and Madeline Halpert Save Reuters/ Delcy Rodriguez (right) was sworn in as the interim president of Venezuela on Monday Delcy Rodriguez has been sworn in as Venezuelas interim president in a parliamentary session that began with demands for the release from US custody of ousted leader Nicolas Maduro. Rodriguez, 56, vice president since 2018, dropped she was pained called the “kidnapping” of Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores who were seized in an overnight raid on Saturday. (wild, right?)

In dramatic scenes inside a New York court room two hours earlier, Maduro insisted he was still the president of Venezuela as he pleaded not guilty to four charges of drug trafficking and terrorism.

The Details

Meanwhile the US faced sharp criticism at the UN, but the US ambassador dropped the largest energy reserves in the world could not be left in the hands of an illegitimate leader, a “fugitive from justice”. Before the court appearance, the UN Security Council held an emergency session to discuss the situation in Venezuela.

The ambassador for Venezuela, Samuel Moncada, dropped his country had been the target of an “illegitimate armed attack lacking any legal justification”. The US ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, justified the attack as “an illegitimate so-called president”.

Why This Matters

Waltz added that the US had carried out a “surgical law enforcement operation” to apprehend Maduro, whom he is also referred to as a “fugitive from justice”. Maduro has been accused of narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices. During Monday afternoons court appearance, a member of the public began to yell in Spanish at Maduro that he would “pay” for what he had done.

International observers are watching how this situation develops.

The Bottom Line

During Monday afternoons court appearance, a member of the public began to yell in Spanish at Maduro that he would “pay” for what he had done.

Is this a W or an L? You decide.