Americanswers... On 5 Live! Could Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro be found not guilty in a US court?

美洲答疑……在5Live直播中!委内瑞拉的尼古拉斯·马杜罗在美国法庭上会不会被判无罪?

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2026-01-06

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Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro proclaimed "I am still president" and pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges as he appeared in court in New York for the first time. In this episode, we answer your questions, which include looking at the evidence against Maduro, and whether it’s possible a court could find him not guilty. We also answer your questions on who is really running Venezuela now? President Trump and his Secretary of State Marco Rubio seem to have differing answers to that question. Plus, will Trump now be emboldened to take over Greenland, after his latest comments on to reporters last night - how seriously should we be taking his threats? Justin, Anthony and Marianna answer your questions, alongside Matt Chorley from 5 Live. HOSTS: • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent • Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent GET IN TOUCH: • Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB • Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 • Email Americast@bbc.co.uk • Or use #Americast This episode was made by Alix Pickles and Purvee Pattni. The technical producer was Johnny Hall. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. If you want to be notified every time we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on BBC Sounds by hitting the subscribe button on the app. You can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. It works on most smart speakers. US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s BBC newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68093155 Americast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including Newscast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below. Newscast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p05299nl Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm Radical: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd
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  • It just gets more and more extraordinary.

  • The pictures, the facts of what's happening in Venezuela,

  • but also what's happening outside Venezuela with Nicolás Maduro, the president,

  • should we perhaps call him former president, seized by the US military,

  • of course, along with his wife, handcuffed, taken now to court.

  • in New York surrounded by armed guards,

  • he's in prison clothing, China demanding that the US free him.

  • It is all a hugely, hugely interesting subject to put it mildly.

  • We've got a load of questions about it on Five Live.

  • Before we get to our Five Live session, though, and the questions that we answered,

  • let's get to a central one that an awful lot of people are asking.

  • It's asked for us this time round by Mary in Kentucky.

  • Given the recent developments of Venezuela,

  • I wanted to ask what the team think Trump means when he says the US will run Venezuela.

  • Does he mean that in more of an overseer position while dangling the threat of military involvement?

  • Or might it be a more hands-on approach,

  • such as actually using the military to force out Moldova's remaining government and putting in someone of the US's choosing?

  • Is it realistic to expect Maduro's government to just roll over and accept the necessary changes or is a stronger hand by the U.S.

  • involved to keep things from spiraling into further chaos.

  • That's a really good question, Mary, and both Donald Trump and Marco Rubio have addressed it.