Nicolás Maduro asks US court to throw out case against him
Captured Venezuelan leader says he cannot pay lawyers because of US sanctions
Captured Venezuelan leader says he cannot pay lawyers because of US sanctions

Nicolás Maduro has overcome numerous attempts to oust him

US capture of Nicolás Maduro lifts hopes that country will make good on some debt

US military build-up in the Caribbean and sanctions on the country’s oil add to citizens’ desperation

Nicolás Maduro uses US action to deploy paramilitaries and step up arrests of suspected dissidents

Multiple attacks targeted military, transport and communication sites in Caracas and Venezuela’s north

Washington’s capture of Nicolás Maduro risks triggering internal instability and renewed conflict with the US