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NPR News: 01-03-2026 7PM EST

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro is in New York after he and his wife were captured by the U.S. military early this morning in a wide-scale attack.

0:13.9

And here's Jasmine Garst has more. CNN video appears to show the Venezuelan president arriving at Stewart Air National Guard Base in New York.

0:22.4

He is expected to be processed there and then flown by helicopter to a detention facility in New York City sometime tonight.

0:29.9

President Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores, have been charged with narco-terrorism conspiracy,

0:35.6

cocaine importation conspiracy, and weapons offenses in Manhattan

0:39.3

federal court next week. Following the Venezuelan president's detention, President Trump said the

0:45.3

U.S. would indefinitely, quote, run the country and seize Venezuela's massive oil reserves.

0:52.0

Jasmine Garst and Peer News, New York. President Trump says the U.S.

0:56.7

will run Venezuela with the help of the country's vice president. But Venezuela asked for a

1:01.6

UN Security Council meeting over Trump's actions. That's scheduled for Monday. And Fierzaa

1:06.2

Peralta has more. During a press conference, President Trump said that his Secretary of State had a long

1:10.3

conversation with the Venezuelan vice president, Delsi Rodriguez. He said Rodriguez had been during a press conference president trump said that his secretary of state had a long conversation

1:10.9

with the venezuelan vice president delzi rodriguez he said rodriguez had been sworn in as president

1:15.8

and she said that she was ready to do whatever the americans wanted rodriguez has been a staunch

1:22.0

ally of president nicholas maduro and she appeared later on state television leading a cabinet meeting. She pledged her support for

1:29.2

Maduro. There's only one president in this country, she said, and it's Nicholas Maduro.

1:38.9

Her statement raised questions about President Trump's assertion and his plan for Venezuela.

1:44.0

Adir Pralta, in Pierre News, Mexico City. Meanwhile, President Trump's assertion and his plan for Venezuela. Adipralta in Pierre News, Mexico City.

1:46.7

Meanwhile, President Trump says American companies will take over Venezuela's reserves,

1:52.0

and Houston, known as the energy capital of the world, is home to many of those firms.

1:57.1

Houston Public Media's Natalie Weber has more about the implications for the industry in Texas and beyond.

2:04.6

After the U.S. seized an oil tinker off the coast of Venezuela, American officials sent it to the Texas coast, about an hour south of Houston.

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