Washington, Jan 7 (IANS) The United States acted within its constitutional and legal authority in arresting Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, and challenges to the move are unlikely to succeed in US courts, according to Michael O’Neill, a senior legal and constitutional expert.In an exclusive interview with IANS, O’Neill said the arrest of Maduro should be viewed as the lawful seizure of a criminal fugitive rather than the arrest of a foreign head of state, given Washington’s long-standing pos…
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New York, Jan 4 (IANS) Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro has been locked in a notorious federal jail in New York after his capture by the US forces at a military base in his country, from where he had been taunting President Donald Trump.As he was escorted into the local office of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on Saturday night before being jailed, he said sarcastically, looking at the camera, “Good night. Happy New Year”.Once the unquestioned ruler of the oil-rich South American nation, …
United Nations, Dec 24 (IANS) The US and Venezuela defiantly faced off each other at an emergency session of the Security Council as tensions continued to rise with Washington capturing two ships carrying oil from the Latin American nation and trying over the weekend to intercept another tanker headed there.“The United States will impose and enforce sanctions to the maximum extent to deprive Maduro of the resources” to finance drug cartels and criminal gangs, US Permanent Representative Mike…