In recent months, US forces carried out more than two dozen strikes in international waters on boats they allege were used to traffic drugs, killing more than 100 people.
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ReutersHow has the world reacted?
Russia accused the US of committing “an act of armed aggression” that was “deeply concerning and condemnable”.
China’s foreign ministry called on the US to release Maduro and his wife “at once” and to “stop toppling the government of Venezuela”.
Iran’s foreign ministry called the strikes a “flagrant violation of the country’s national sovereignty”.
Many Latin American countries, including Venezuela’s neighbours, Colombia and Brazil, also condemned the actions.
Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel described them as a “criminal attack”, while Colombian President Gustavo Petro called the strikes an “assault on the sovereignty”.
Meanwhile, Trump’s ally in Argentina, Javier Milei, wrote “freedom moves forward” and “long live freedom” on social media.
On the international stage, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman said he was “deeply concerned that the rules of international law have not been respected”.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government would “shed no tears” about the end of Maduro’s regime and would discuss the “evolving situation” in Venezuela with US counterparts. Continue reading…
