Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is set to make a federal court appearance in a few hours in New York City.
He faces charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine into the U.S.
Maduro's wife, Celia, also faces charges.
The Maduros were taken over the weekend by U.S.
forces during a raid in Caracas.
Venezuela's new leader, Delcey Rodriguez, says she's ready to cooperate with the U.S.
She's also urging dialogue.
The softer tone is a big shift away from what Rodriguez first said after the U.S.
military captured the Maduros.
and Piers Cary Kahn reports.
Rodriguez put out a conciliatory statement late Sunday,
hours after both Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Trump said Venezuelan officials now in power must follow U.S.
demands or face further military action.
Rodriguez, who was vice president for the last seven years,
was sworn into office by Maduro's loyalist-packed Supreme Court.
State media says she was ordered to assume the presidency by the tribunal.
And yesterday, Ed Mundo Gonzalez, who's widely believed to have won Venezuela's 2024 election,
and is now in exile,
put out a video calling himself president and demanding all political prisoners at Venezuela be released.