Overview
- After a U.S. military operation in Caracas last Saturday, Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were transported to New York, where both entered not-guilty pleas to drug charges.
- Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he and Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned the use of force without United Nations Charter backing and called for reform of global governance institutions.
- Lula said Carney accepted an invitation to visit Brazil in April, though the Prime Minister’s Office has not confirmed plans for such a trip.
- A readout from Carney’s office emphasized a Venezuelan-led transition and the need to uphold international law and sovereignty without directly addressing the U.S. capture of Maduro.
- President Donald Trump told the New York Times that U.S. oversight of Venezuela could last for years and that he backs interim president Delcy Rodríguez while signaling U.S. control of the country’s oil revenue.