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🚨 Global reaction to US strikes on #Venezuela
International responses are emerging following US military action against Venezuela.
🟠 Condemnation and calls for restraint:
👉 Russia, Cuba, Colombia, Belarus, Brazil, and Chile have condemned what they describe as US aggression against Venezuela
🔶 In Minsk, officials recalled President Alexander Lukashenko’s warning that the US could face a “second Vietnam” in Venezuela
🔶 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called for adherence to international law and the UN Charter in response to the strikes
🟠 Mixed international positions:
🔶 Argentina and Poland reacted positively to reports of President Nicolás Maduro’s detention
🔶 The United Nations has not yet issued an official response
🔶 EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged restraint from Washington, while noting that the EU does not recognize Maduro as Venezuela’s legitimate president
🟠 Criticism inside the US:
Several influential US lawmakers have sharply criticized the operation.
🔶 Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego, a US Marine Corps veteran, called the action “illegal,” describing it as “the second unjustified war of my lifetime”
🔶 Republican Senator Mike Lee questioned the constitutional basis for the strikes, citing the absence of a declaration of war or authorization for the use of military force
🔶 According to CBS News, lawmakers from both parties had previously sought to block any US strikes on Venezuela without congressional approval, though those efforts were rejected
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