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Why was Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrested in New York and what charges does he face?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro is now in New York. Maduro and his wife were captured by the US military in the capital city of Caracas. In an attack during the early morning hours of Saturday, MPR's Jasmine Garst reports.
The Venezuelan president arrived at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, late Saturday night. He and his wife, Celia Flores, have been charged with narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, and weapons offenses in Manhattan Federal Court. Following the Venezuelan president's detention, President Trump said the US would indefinitely, quote, run the country and seize Venezuela's massive oil reserves. Meanwhile, President Maduro's vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, publicly accused the US of invading Venezuela under false pretenses and said, quote, there is only one president in this country, and his name is Nicolas Maduro Moros. Jasmine Garz
How are U.S. politicians and officials reacting to the Maduro arrest and Trump’s comments on Venezuela?
Empier News New York.
Washington State Congressman Adam Smith is the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee. He says the Trump administration acted without a plan for what comes next in Venezuela. You heard that from President.
Trump today when he said, you know, we're going to be, quote, running Venezuela in the short term, with no explanation of what that means or how it would be accomplished. And also it's completely impossible in the current situation. As far as we know, we have no forces in Venezuela whatsoever to run anything.
That Congress does not need to be notified every time the executive branch is making an arrest. Congressional reaction largely split along party lines in South Florida.
What protests and community responses emerged in the United States after the Maduro detention?
The region's large Venezuelan community is celebrating Maduro's oister at demonstrations in Maryland. As residents and lawmakers rallied against the US military operation, Scott Mascioni from Member Station WYPR has more. After the Trump
administration's surprise attack in Venezuela, protesters converged on Baltimore City Hall. Rachel Vicera of Baltimore's Party for Socialism and Liberation helped organize the protest.
There is no shortage of needs that the people in the US face. We want these taxpayer dollars to meet people's needs ultimately and not destroy other countries on behalf of, in this case, oil executives.
Maryland US Representative Johnny Oshevsky, who serves on the Foreign Affairs Committee, says he's deeply concerned by President Trump's comments that the United States will run Venezuela. Oshevsky says he and other members of the committee are pushing for a briefing from the White House. For MPR News, I'm Scott Massioni in Baltimore.
Why is the United Nations Security Council convening an emergency meeting on Venezuela?
The United Nations Security Council is expected to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss Venezuela. UN Secretary General Antonio Katares has described US actions as a dangerous precedent. And you're listening to MPR News. As the government releases troves of documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, journalists, including those here at MPR, are racing to understand their contents. Given the huge volume, reporters are getting tech help, which now includes artificial intelligence. NPR's Ho Jing Nan looked into how that works.
One way to receive a document dump is to divvy it up for a team of reporters and editors to read. Another way is to use the software to extract all the text and then reporters can look up keywords of interest to focus on. Both are still happening today, but AI adds the ability to go beyond keywords.
How are journalists using artificial intelligence to analyze the massive Jeffrey Epstein document dump?
Didon Friedman is the AI projects editor at the New York Times. He gave the example of finding emails.
Or sometimes it might say from, sometimes it might say sender. And so AI is really good at kind of understanding that fuzzy context.
Regardless of what technologies do, Friedman says, people, journalists, are making sense of the story. What's in that NPR News?
Authorities in Switzerland say they've opened an investigation into the managers of the ski resort. Where a fire at a New Year's Eve party left 40 people dead. Prosecutors say the managers are suspected of crimes, including homicide by negligence.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why was Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrested in New York and what charges does he face?
0:00–1:00
2
How are U.S. politicians and officials reacting to the Maduro arrest and Trump’s comments on Venezuela?
1:00–1:45
3
What protests and community responses emerged in the United States after the Maduro detention?
1:45–2:43
4
Why is the United Nations Security Council convening an emergency meeting on Venezuela?
2:43–3:37
5
How are journalists using artificial intelligence to analyze the massive Jeffrey Epstein document dump?
3:37–4:14
6
What investigations are Swiss authorities conducting into the ski‑resort fire that killed 40 people?
4:14–4:39