As a criminal defendant, Maduro will have the same rights as any other person accused of a crime, including the right to a trial by a jury of regular New Yorkers.
A protest condemning the US attack, in Seoul, on Monday. PIC/AFP
Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was set to appear on Monday in an US courtroom on the narco-terrorism charges the Trump administration used to justify capturing him and bringing him to New York.
Maduro and his wife are expected to appear at noon before a judge for a brief legal proceeding that will likely kick off a prolonged legal fight over whether he can be tried in US. As a criminal defendant, Maduro will have the same rights as any other person accused of a crime, including the right to a trial by a jury of regular New Yorkers.
Cuba says 32 killed in US op
Cuba announced that 32 of its citizens were killed during the US military operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro and his wife in Caracas. Cuba said it would observe two days of national mourning on January 5 and January 6 to honour those killed in the operation, all of them Cuban military personnel who had been deployed in Venezuela on official missions.
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