MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS - Week Ahead 5-11 January

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(MNI) London – All timings are subject to change.

Monday 5 January:

• US-Venezuela: Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will appear in federal court in New York City at 12:00ET (17:00GMT, 18:00CET) alongside his wife, Cilia Flores. Both are set to be charged with narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy and weapons offences. At 17:30ET (22:30GMT, 23:30CET), the congressional ‘Gang of Eight’, as well as the chair and ranking member of the House and Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations/Affairs committees, will receive a classified briefing on the military operation that resulted in the capture of Maduro. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense/War Pete Hegseth, the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Attorney General Pam Bondi are expected to attend. There has been pushback from Democrats and Republicans in Congress to President Donald Trump’s actions in approving the operation against Maduro without gaining congressional approval first. Before both of these events, a special UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Venezuela takes place in New York City at 10:00ET (15:00GMT, 16:00CET).

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