2026年3月24日 上午10:01 UTC / 路透社
作者：吕克·科恩
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项目1/2 美国佛罗里达州迈阿密，2026年3月23日，詹姆斯·劳伦斯·金联邦司法大楼，前美国国会议员大卫·里维拉（David Rivera）当天因被指控非法游说美国官员以阻止对被罢黜的委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗（Nicolas Maduro）政府进一步实施经济制裁而受审。路透社/马可·贝洛（Marco Bello）/资料照片
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- 摘要
- 检察官传唤国务卿出庭作证，指控其前政治盟友
- 大卫·里维拉被指控充当委内瑞拉未注册代理人
- 卢比奥回到家乡迈阿密，而华盛顿正聚焦伊朗战争
迈阿密，3月24日（路透社） – 美国国务卿马尔科·卢比奥（Marco Rubio）预计将于周二在前美国国会议员大卫·里维拉（David Rivera）的刑事审判中作证。里维拉被指控充当被罢黜的委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗（Nicolas Maduro）政府的未注册外国代理人。
卢比奥的证词将使他暂时离开华盛顿——他在那里一直忙于围绕美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）对伊朗战争的高层外交活动——前往迈阿密市中心的联邦法院。迈阿密是他的家乡，也是他政治生涯起步的地方。
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美国检察官称，里维拉在2011年至2013年期间代表佛罗里达州南部在众议院任职，2017年他游说美国政客以减轻对马杜罗政府的压力，却未披露自己已被委内瑞拉国有公司的子公司支付了2000万美元，这违反了《外国代理人注册法》。
检察官和里维拉的辩护律师均表示，当时他会见的政客包括卢比奥——两人曾是室友，当时卢比奥是佛罗里达州的美国参议员。卢比奥和里维拉都是古巴裔美国共和党人，在职业生涯中一直直言不讳地批评古巴和委内瑞拉的左翼政府。
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里维拉称自己试图帮助委内瑞拉反对派
检察官称，里维拉在2017年与卢比奥会面两次，推动解决美国与马杜罗之间日益紧张的局势，寻求谈判解决方案，但未披露自己已间接受委内瑞拉政府支付。
“你们会听到，如果他知道大卫·里维拉是在秘密为委内瑞拉工作，他就不会和他的老朋友坐下来谈话，”检察官罗杰·克鲁兹（Roger Cruz）在周一的开庭陈述中说。
里维拉已对“充当未注册外国代理人”和“洗钱”指控不认罪。他的律师爱德华·肖哈特（Edward Shohat）在开庭陈述中表示，他一直试图帮助委内瑞拉反对派将马杜罗赶下台。
肖哈特说，里维拉与卢比奥的互动与他与Citgo石油公司（委内瑞拉国有石油公司的美国子公司）的合同无关。他说，里维拉为Citgo工作涉及商业事务，而非政治，因此无需注册为外国代理人。
“大卫·里维拉没有理由向卢比奥透露那份合同，”肖哈特说。
提及里维拉与卢比奥的两次会面，肖哈特说：“两次会面都是为了与委内瑞拉反对派合作。”
尽管有上述游说行为，特朗普在其第一任期内还是加大了对委内瑞拉的金融制裁。
美国特种部队在1月3日对加拉加斯的突袭中抓获了马杜罗，并将他带到纽约面临贩毒指控。马杜罗已对此不认罪。
吕克·科恩（Luc Cohen）在迈阿密报道，罗德·尼克尔斯（Rod Nickel）编辑
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Rubio to testify in ex-congressman’s Venezuela foreign agent case
March 24, 2026 10:01 AM UTC / Reuters
By Luc Cohen
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Item 1 of 2 The James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building on the day former U.S. Congressman David Rivera faces trial on charges of illegally lobbying U.S. officials to prevent further economic sanctions against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government, in Miami, Florida, U.S., March 23, 2026. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
[1/2]The James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building on the day former U.S. Congressman David Rivera faces trial on charges of illegally lobbying U.S. officials to prevent further economic sanctions against ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government, in Miami, Florida, U.S., March 23,… Read more
- Summary
- Secretary of state called by prosecutors to testify against onetime political ally
- David Rivera accused of acting as an unregistered agent of Venezuela
- Rubio returns to hometown of Miami as Washington focuses on Iran war
MIAMI, March 24 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to testify on Tuesday in former U.S. Congressman David Rivera’s criminal trial on charges of acting as an unregistered agent of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
Rubio’s testimony will briefly take him out of Washington, where he has been engaged in high-level diplomacy around U.S. President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, and into the federal courthouse in downtown Miami, his hometown and where his political career began.
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U.S. prosecutors say Rivera, who represented southern Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013, lobbied U.S. politicians in 2017 to relax pressure on Maduro without disclosing that he was paid $20 million by a subsidiary of a Venezuelan state-owned company, a violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Among the politicians both prosecutors and Rivera’s defense lawyers say he met with at the time was Rubio, his onetime roommate and then a U.S. senator for Florida. Rubio and Rivera are both Cuban-American Republicans who have been outspoken critics of left-wing governments in Cuba and Venezuela throughout their careers.
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RIVERA SAYS HE TRIED TO HELP VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION
Prosecutors say Rivera met with Rubio twice in 2017 and promoted a negotiated solution to escalating U.S. tensions with Maduro, without disclosing that he had been indirectly paid by Venezuela’s government.
“You’re going to hear how he would not have sat down with his old friend if he knew that David Rivera was secretly working for Venezuela,” prosecutor Roger Cruz said in his opening statement on Monday.
Rivera has pleaded not guilty to charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent and money laundering. His lawyer, Edward Shohat, said in his opening statement that he had been trying to help the Venezuelan opposition get Maduro out of power.
Shohat said Rivera’s interactions with Rubio were separate from his contract with Citgo Petroleum, a U.S. subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company. He said Rivera’s work for Citgo related to business, not politics, and so he did not have to register as a foreign agent.
“David Rivera had no reason to tell Rubio about that contract,” Shohat said.
Referring to Rivera’s two meetings with Rubio, Shohat said, “Both of them were about working with the Venezuelan opposition.”
Despite the alleged lobbying effort, Trump ramped up financial sanctions on Venezuela during his first term.
U.S. special forces captured Maduro in a January 3 raid on Caracas and brought him to New York to face drug trafficking charges. He has pleaded not guilty.
Reporting by Luc Cohen in Miami Editing by Rod Nickel
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