Venezuela's Maduro and wife plead not guilty to US torture charges
NEW YORK — Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a new US indictment accusing them of conspiring to torture political opponents. The additional charges, brought last Thursday, significantly expanded the US criminal case against Maduro, 63, and Flores, 70. They previously pleaded not guilty to charges that they abused their power to help drug traffickers ship cocaine. Maduro and Flores, captured by the US military in a January raid
Covered mainly by the Western sphere (67%); silent in Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world.
Global sphere reading. The left / centre / right reading is shown in the coverage analysis below.
- Confirmed by 3 outlets in 3 countries.
- Ignored by Sino-Russian & BRICS, Arab-Muslim world.
- Propagation: first reported by The Straits Times (Singapore), . 2 outlets republished 1 headline word for word.
Headline clash across the four spheres
- Venezuela’s Maduro and wife plead not guilty to U.S. torture chargesGlobe and Mail · Canada
- Venezuela's Maduro and wife plead not guilty to US torture chargesThe Korea Times · South Korea
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.
- Venezuela’s Maduro and wife plead not guilty to US torture chargesThe Straits Times · Singapore
Coverage analysis
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Event sources
- Venezuela’s Maduro and wife plead not guilty to US torture chargesThe Straits TimesSingapourSingapore → VenezuelaEnglish
- Venezuela’s Maduro and wife plead not guilty to U.S. torture chargesGlobe and MailCanadaCanada → VenezuelaEnglish
- Venezuela's Maduro and wife plead not guilty to US torture chargesThe Korea TimesCorée du SudSouth Korea → VenezuelaEnglish