Van wie was Nicolás Maduro?

Nicolás Maduro Moros (Caracas, 23 november 1962) is een Venezolaans politicus namens de Verenigde Socialistische Partij van Venezuela. Sinds 2013 is hij de president van Venezuela. Op 3 januari 2026 werd hij in Venezuela bij een Amerikaanse militaire actie gevangengenomen en overgebracht naar een gevangenis in New York. Zijn vice-president Delcy Rodríguez werd vervolgens geïnstalleerd als waarnemend president, maar haar regering beschouwt Maduro als de enige legitieme president van het land.

Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro (born 15 October 1956) is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician who served as the first lady of Venezuela from 2013 to 2026, as the wife of Nicolás Maduro, the 53rd president of Venezuela. A member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, she served as president of National Assembly of Venezuela from 2006 to 2011. On 3 January 2026, she and her husband were captured and extracted out of Venezuela following the United States intervention, resulting in his de facto removal from power.

Born into a lower middle-class family in Tinaquillo, Flores graduated from the Universidad Santa María with a law degree. In 2017, the Constituent National Assembly was founded in which she was a member of the Presidential Commission.

Flores and Maduro made their initial court appearance in a Manhattan federal court on 5 January 2026, with each pleading not guilty to numerous drug trafficking charges. The couple was previously indicted by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on various drug charges in 2021 for which their extradition was sought.