According to @clashreport, Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty to the torture charges they face and firmly rejected the allegations as false. Meanwhile, the presiding judge has scheduled the court hearing on their alleged drug trafficking charges for December 17.
U.S. court records show that Maduro and his wife Flores face additional charges in the United States of conspiring to commit torture, drug terrorism, and weapons-related crimes; the court subsequently rejected their bail application.
At a press conference, Trump stated that the war in Venezuela would end in one day, and indicated that Maduro, the worst person in the world, would be locked in prison awaiting trial.
The bodyguards of Venezuelan President Maduro are alleged to be mainly from Cuba, and the video presents this as an example of a dictator using foreign security personnel.
On December 2, 2023, the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine declaration, Venezuelan President Maduro announced a plan to invade Guyana, seen as a strategic diversion to draw the United States' attention away from China's aggressive behavior in the Western Pacific.