Nicolás Maduro
Maduro is expected to appear before a federal court in Manhattan on Monday for an initial hearing on charges including narco-terrorism conspiracy, Reuters reported, citing a Justice Department official.
The pair landed at Stewart Air National Guard Base, north of New York City, after being transferred from Venezuela via a US naval vessel.
“We are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transitions,” Trump said as he spoke from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
The announcement followed a recent US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) notice warning major airlines of a “potentially hazardous situation” over Venezuela due to “worsening security situation and heightened military activity in or around” the country.
Venezuela's opposition voted en masse Sunday against President Nicolas Maduro and his plan to rewrite the constitution.
Venezuela has been rocked by more than 100 days of protests against President Nicolas Maduro, during which 91 people have been killed.
Venezuela's most prominent political prisoner, Leopoldo Lopez, vowed Saturday to continue his fight for freedom after being released from jail and placed under house arrest.
Venezuelan pro-government activists wielding sticks and pipes stormed onto the grounds of the opposition-held National Assembly Wednesday .
An elite cop-turned-film star became the man of the hour Wednesday in the disaster movie that is Venezuela's political crisis.
The Organization of American States failed to advance a plan to deal with Venezuela on Wednesday as it wrapped up a meeting where the country's raging crisis took center stage.
