Nicolas Maduro, the ousted Venezuelan leader, and his wife Cilia Flores arrived in Manhattan federal court today for arraignment on narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and weapons charges-two days after U.S. Delta Force operators, in the daring Operation Absolute Resolve, seized them from their fortified Caracas compound amid airstrikes that left dozens dead, including 32 Cuban personnel.
As international condemnation grows-Latin American nations decry a "dangerous precedent"-and Maduro faces American justice, the hemisphere holds its breath: After Venezuela, who's next?