Maduro pleads not guilty; America overhauls vaccine guidance, and more

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  Our Top Stories Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to charges of drug trafficking in a federal court in Manhattan.

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  Quote, I am innocent.

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  I am not guilty.

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  I am a decent man.

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  I am still president of my country.

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  Venezuela's deposed dictator said, His wife, Celia Flores, also pleaded not guilty.

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  The court ordered the couple to appear again on March 17th.

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  America's armed forces captured them in Venezuela's capital, Caracas, on Saturday.

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  Delcey Rodriguez was formally sworn in as Venezuela's interim president.

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  Earlier, she encouraged America to cooperate with her government,

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  seemingly reversing previous comments that the intervention in Venezuela was an atrocity.

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  Meanwhile, America told the UN Security Council it was, quote, not occupying Venezuela.

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  Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General,

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