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In Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. The deposed leader of Venezuela has been moved to the federal courthouse in New York City. NPR's Kerry Johnson reports. Nicolas Maduro will make his first U.S. court appearance later today.
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Maduro faces 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 precedents 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 35 years ago. An American jury eventually convicted Noriega after a long legal battle. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.
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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 U.S. operation is about control of Venezuela's oil. NPR's Julia Simon has more on Venezuelan oil deposits.
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Venezuela has massive oil resources, and US Oil companies first started drilling there a century ago. But around 2007, then President Hugo Chavez forcibly renegotiated oil contracts. Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips left and took Venezuela to court. The courts ordered Venezuela pay the companies over $11 billion combined. Oil experts tell NPR 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 NPR with President Maduro Gane, U.S. oil Investments in Guyana are more secure. Julia Simon, NPR News.
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Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of the attack on the US Capitol building by pro Trump supporters. Some of the rioters were peaceful, others were violent. The Trump administration has worked to erase all government records of the January 6th insurrect. NPR's Tom Dreisbach says NPR is preserving that evidence.
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We've tracked every single January 6th case from the very beginning in a public and searchable database. It's more than 1,500 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 systematically reviewed thousands of videos. We added hundreds to the database so people can look at them, and we created a visual timeline of that day's events.