Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores appeared in a New York court after a judge refused to dismiss narcoterrorism charges against them.Judge Alvin Hellerstein questioned the DOJ over sanctions that currently prevent the defendants from using state funds for their lawyers.Meanwhile, interim President Delcy Rodríguez has begun purging Maduro loyalists to facilitate a new phase of diplomatic relations with the USA.A Venezuelan delegation is now visiting Washington to seek the removal of economic sanctions as the trial proceeds in federal court.