“I am the President of Venezuela, and I was forcibly detained and taken from my home in Caracas.” At noon local time on the 5th, Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife, who had been forcibly detained by the United States, appeared in a federal court in New York. Both Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty, and Maduro also addressed the court. According to court records, Maduro has retained Barry Joel Pollack, Julian Assange’s former lawyer, as his defense attorney. According to the BBC, the indictment released by the prosecution is 25 pages long. (China News Network)