The night before their first court appearance since being captured in a US military operation on Saturday, Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were held in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center (the same one that has housed Sean "Diddy" Combs and Ghislaine Maxwell). But before the captive leader could formally enter a not-guilty plea to the drug and weapons charges that he faces, or claim, as he did to the judge, that he was "kidnapped," and felt he was a "prisoner of war," he was flanked by guards and perp walked through Drug Enforcement Administration offices in New York, outfitted in all black. In court, he said to the judge, in Spanish: "I'm innocent. I'm not guilty. I am a decent man. I am still the president of my country."
Outside, across the street from the federal courthouse where the hearing was taking place, Vanity Fair staff writer Dan Adler spoke to the protestors from both sides who'd gathered to signal their support and dismay. He spotted a curious object: a double-sided flag with Venezuela on one side, MAGA on the other. In the words of one of the protestors: "How's that for diversity?"
Read Adler's scene report from the dramatic arraignment, Linda Wells on the post-operation air restrictions that left many of even the most wealthy and well-connected travelers stuck in the Caribbean this weekend, and our style correspondent José Criales-Unzueta on how to dress like a democratic socialist (a.k.a. the newly minted Mayor Mamdani.) |
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Following his dramatic capture, amplified by Donald Trump at every turn, the Venezuelan president arrived at a Manhattan courthouse on Monday. |
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After the US raid in Venezuela this weekend, air restrictions left many of even the most wealthy and well-connected travelers stuck in paradise. |
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The newly inaugurated New York City mayor and his wife make a convincing pitch for aligning the new polish of public image with their progressive politics. |
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The State Department's hostage point man, Roger Carstens, works to free US citizens from captivity, whether they're being held by Vladimir Putin or Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.
From the June 2024 issue, VF's Adam Ciralsky embeds with America's top negotiators through 15 months of rescue efforts with the highest of stakes: liberty or death. "Our adversaries know that this is a guy who could roll up a newspaper and kill you with it. But at the same time, like most Green Berets I've met, he gets along with people." |
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