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Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro back to court for pretrial hearing in his U.S. drug trafficking case
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With a coverage-diversity score of 95 out of 100, this is one of the more evenly reported stories in our index right now — left, center, and right outlets are all giving it attention.
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Outlets covering this story: Zeteo, PBS NewsHour, Sky News, PJ Media.
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PBS NewsHourAJul 22, 3:29 PM
Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro back to court for pretrial hearing in his U.S. drug trafficking case
Maduro, 63, and his wife Cilia Flores, 69, have been held at a Brooklyn jail ever since U.S. forces seized them from their Caracas home in a stunning middle-of-the-night raid and brought them to New Y
Sky NewsAJul 22, 2:42 PM
US trial date set for Venezuela's ousted president Maduro
Venezuela's captured president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores appeared in a US court today over drugs trafficking charges.
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