Follow live updates as Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife plead not guilty at their first court appearance in a New York City court.
He and his wife were both charged with cocaine importation conspiracy.
Venezuela has been a key partner to Cuba for decades, but following the U.S.
Military operation that resulted in the capture of Maduro and his wife, uncertainty in Cuba has grown.
’ Ed Augustin reports on the mood in the country after it says 32 Cuban officers were killed in U.S.
An attack on a country after a military buildup and embargo at sea.
A leader deposed by a superpower that views them as illegitimate.
While some are drawing parallels between the United States’ dramatic action in Venezuela and China’s ambitions for Taiwan, experts say Beijing is less concerned about the self-ruled island’s sovereignty and instead views the attack as an opportunity to undermine America’s global leadership.
As the Trump administration withdraws from global institutions and upends long-standing norms, Beijing has sought to cast itself as the true champion of the rules-based international order.
Chinese state media commentaries on the Venezuela attack argue that the U.S.
Is now one of the biggest threats to that order, and that its actions have undermined its credibility in Latin America.
“This is a country which just behaved like a hegemon, right?” said Wu Xinbo, dean of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai.
“How can you trust a country that would deal with its weak neighbors this way?”.
The political importance lies in whether the issue moves from public comment into formal action, party response, court record, election authority notice or administrative decision.
For public institutions and political groups, the next test is whether the issue remains a public argument or turns into a formal response, legal proceeding, administrative instruction or election-related communication.
