The government filed a brief opposing Cilia Flores de Maduro's motion asking to be released on bail before trial, according to the case docket.
Flores's defense had requested home confinement citing a heart condition; with prosecutors opposed, the decision now rests with the judge.
Donald Trump and Delcy Rodríguez met in New York during the UN General Assembly, El Impulso reported. Rodríguez posted that they held "a historic meeting" and discussed energy, mining and security, according to VTV.
State broadcaster VTV compared the meeting to Hugo Chávez's meetings with Bush, Obama and Clinton, while the opposition noted there was no meeting between Trump and María Corina Machado, according to NTN24.
«We held a historic meeting with the president of the United States, Donald Trump, with whom we discussed strengthening the bilateral relationship between our countries and advancing a cooperation agenda in strategic areas like energy, mining, security and other matters of common interest.»— Delcy Rodríguez, September 23, 2026 · watch
A private flight meant to carry María Corina Machado from Panama to Venezuela failed to take off after three countries denied landing permission, El Financiero reported. It was, according to David Placeres, already the seventh failed attempt by Machado to return to the country since she received the Nobel Prize in Oslo.
A U.S. State Department spokesperson said Washington is not blocking Machado's return to Venezuela, NTN24 reported, though the opposition noted Trump met with Rodríguez, not Machado, during his time in New York.
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