As Maduro pleads not guilty, Florida lawmakers speculate about Cuba

What they're saying: Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were arraigned on drug trafficking and other federal charges Monday. They pleaded not guilty.

• "I'm innocent. I'm not guilty. I am a decent man," Maduro said in court, declaring that the U.S. "kidnapped" him, according to the New York Times.

Zoom in: At a press conference Monday in Doral, Florida congressional leaders applauded Maduro's capture.

• They also speculated about the fate of the Cuban government, echoing comments by President Trump that the country was "ready to fall."
• Rep. Carlos Giménez, the former Miami-Dade County mayor, said Cubans and Venezuelans both "can see a light at the end of that tunnel."
• "If you're shuddering a little bit, if you're a little bit scared in Cuba, I think you should be because the president doesn't say stuff just to say stuff."

South Florida is home to the largest Venezuelan and Cuban diasporas in the U.S., according to the Migration Policy Institute.

• At Monday's press conference, Sen. Rick Scott said the Trump administration ordered Maduro's arrest only because Miami's Venezuelan community stayed vocal about the "atrocities" in their home country.
• "The only reason it happened is because so many people in Miami gave a damn."