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Why is Nicolás Maduro appearing in a New York federal court and what charges does he face?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman, the deposed leader of Venezuela has been moved to the federal courthouse in New York City, and Piers Carey Johnson reports Nicholas Maduro will make his first US court appearance later today.
Maduro faces four charges, including narco terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States. The grand jury in New York also charged his wife, the former attorney general of Venezuela. Maduro's expected to challenge the extraordinary way he was captured inside his own nation's capital. But the Trump administration appears to be relying on Supreme Court precedent suggesting the capture itself may not matter. Former GOP Attorney General Bill Barr likens the Maduro arrest to how the US government handled Panama's leader Manuel Noriega more than thirty five years ago. An American jury eventually convicted Noriega after a long legal battle. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.
Some oil industry analysts are weighing in about President Trump's decision to arrest Maduro and his wife. Trump has made it clear that part of the US operation is about control of Venezuela's oil. NPR's Julia Simon has more on Venezuelan oil deposits.
Venezuela has massive oil resources, and US oil companies first started drilling there a century ago.
How do Venezuela’s oil reserves and past contract disputes affect U.S. oil interests?
But around 2007, then President Hugo Chavez forcibly renegotiated oil contracts. ExxonMobil and Conaco Phillips left and took Venezuela to court. The courts ordered Venezuela pay the companies over $11 billion combined. Oil experts tell MPR that for some oil companies, coming back could be a way to recoup money owed. Next door to Venezuela is Guyana, a key emerging oil player with a big ExxonMobil presence. For years, Guyana and Venezuela have had territorial disputes also related to oil. Oil experts tell MPR with President Maduro gone. U.S. oil investments in Guyana are more secure. Julia Simon, MPR News.
Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol building by pro-Trump supporters.
What new evidence and database did NPR create to track every January 6 case?
Some of the rioters were peaceful, others were violent.
And PR's Tom Dreisbach says NPR is preserving that evidence.
We've tracked every single January sixth case from the very beginning in a public and searchable database. It's more than fifteen hundred cases in total. And now that the administration has deleted the government's database, this really is the most comprehensive resource on those cases out there. Since the beginning, we've been focused on the facts, evidence presented and evaluated in court, not just political rhetoric. And January 6th is probably the most videotaped crime in history. So we We systematically reviewed thousands of videos.
What details did Swiss police release about the victims of the recent deadly bar fire?
We added hundreds to the database so people can look at them, and we created a visual timeline of that day's events.
NPR's Tom Dreisbach reporting. You're listening to NPR. Police in Switzerland say they've identified all the injured victims from last week's deadly bar fire that killed forty people. Swiss police say eighty-three of the injured are still in the hospital. Switzerland plans to hold a day of mourning on Friday for all of the barfire victims. Modern Christmas may be long over, but a holiday known as Epiphany or Old Christmas is fast approaching. From member station WETS, Chad Barrett reports on how early settlers in the U.S. celebrated Christmas time.
Why is the historic “Old Christmas” celebration returning to Tennessee this winter?
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park in Elizabethan, Tennessee, has celebrated the holiday known as Old Christmas for almost 20 years. Fire muskets off at Christmas time, kind of the equivalent of fireworks today. That's Chad Bogart, museum curatorial assistant at the park. In the eighteenth century, Christmas was celebrated as a twelve-day holiday from December twenty-fifth until January fifth. The next day, January sixth, was Epiphany, traditional day that the Magi visited the Christ child. Bogart says the phrase Old Christmas came about because of a calendar change in the 1500s from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, where twelve days were removed to get everything back in sync. For NPR News, I'm Chad Barrett in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why is Nicolás Maduro appearing in a New York federal court and what charges does he face?
0:00–1:20
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How do Venezuela’s oil reserves and past contract disputes affect U.S. oil interests?
1:20–2:07
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What new evidence and database did NPR create to track every January 6 case?
2:07–2:49
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What details did Swiss police release about the victims of the recent deadly bar fire?
2:49–3:31
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Why is the historic “Old Christmas” celebration returning to Tennessee this winter?
3:31–4:20
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When is BTS planning its comeback and what does the new album “Their Fifth” include?
4:20–4:38