美国解除制裁,阻止委内瑞拉支付马杜罗的法律辩护费用. US lifts sanctions blocking Venezuela from paying for Maduro’s legal defense.

美国已取消制裁, 以往禁止委内瑞拉支付前总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗的法律辩护费用. The United States has lifted sanctions that previously blocked Venezuela from paying for former President Nicolás Maduro’s legal defense. 马杜罗和他的妻子在布鲁克林被关押, 在卡拉加斯被捕后等待对毒品贩运指控的审判. Maduro and his wife are jailed in Brooklyn awaiting trial on drug trafficking charges after being captured in Caracas. 已有法官表示担心制裁禁令破坏了被告获得律师的宪法权利. A judge had expressed concern that the sanctions ban undermined the defendants' constitutional right to counsel.