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- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are being held at a New York detention center following their capture during U.S. strikes on Venezuela on Saturday.
- Maduro and several others are expected to face "charges" in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York next week, including "narco-terrorism conspiracy", "cocaine importation conspiracy", "possession of machine guns and destructive devices", and "conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices."
- Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice on late Saturday ordered Vice President Delcy Rodriguez to immediately assume the role of acting president after President Nicolas Maduro's capture.
- U.S. President Donald Trump said at a press conference on Saturday that the United States would "run" Venezuela "until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition."
- The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the U.S. operation against Venezuela.

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