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world Mercopress 2026-03-26

Maduro Faces New York Court in Key Hearing Over Legal Defense

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared before the Southern District Court of New York in a hearing related to their criminal case in the US.


<p> <img alt="Prosecutors reject that argument and maintain that Maduro and Flores can use public defenders if they lack the resources to hire private attorneys" height="80" src="https://en.mercopress.com/data/cache/noticias/109582/100x80/maduro-930x519.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0 12px 6px 0; border: 1px solid #333;" width="100" /> Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appear on Thursday, March 26, before the Southern District Court of...

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