The most striking moment of Nicolás Maduro’s arraignment in a U.S. federal court on Monday, January 5, 2026, was not the heavy security or the list of sweeping criminal charges read into the record—it was the direct, tense dialogue between the judge and the deposed Venezuelan leader. Escorted from detention in handcuffs by armed U.S.…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he directly told President Donald Trump that he opposed the U.S. military’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, raising concerns about international law, regime change, and the legal implications of the operation. Speaking on Saturday, January 3, 2026, Mamdani confirmed that he spoke with Trump by phone after…