
Ally of Maduro extradited to US
A close associate of the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, has been extradited to the US.
One of the closest associates of the Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, has been extradited to the United States to face money laundering charges. In response, the government suspended talks with the opposition.
Plus, the Pentagon’s first chief software officer explains why he resigned: because the US is lagging behind China on Artificial Intelligence technology.
And Michael Rosen talks about his newest book of poems which explores his past and the relatives he lost in the Holocaust.
Joining Celia Hatton to discuss these and other issues are Holly Dagres, a non-resident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programmes, and Bobby Ghosh, Opinion Editor at Bloomberg.
(Image: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Credit: REUTERS)
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