Overview
- Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the unilateral use of force in Venezuela and urged a fair, expedited trial for Nicolás Maduro in New York.
- U.S. prosecutors kept narcoterrorism, conspiracy, drug importation and weapons charges but removed language portraying Maduro as leader of a formal “Cartel de los Soles.”
- President Donald Trump said the United States will control proceeds from 30 million to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil to be sold at market prices.
- Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal and National Assembly installed Delcy Rodríguez as interim president as domestic and international responses hardened.
- Cuba reported 32 of its agents were killed in the U.S. operation that captured Maduro, and the next federal court date in the case is set for March 17, 2026.