Posted on 01/05/2026 7:10:34 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
The US has faced widespread condemnation for a “crime of aggression” in Venezuela at an emergency meeting of the United Nations security council.
Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Eritrea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Spain were among countries that on Monday denounced Donald Trump’s decision to launch deadly strikes on Venezuela and snatch its leader, Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, to stand trial in the US.
“The bombings on Venezuelan territory and the capture of its president cross an unacceptable line,” Sérgio França Danese, the Brazilian ambassador to the UN, told the meeting. “These acts constitute a very serious affront to the sovereignty of Venezuela and set an extremely dangerous precedent for the entire international community.”
Trump’s UN ambassador, Mike Waltz, defended the attack as a legitimate “law enforcement” action to execute long-standing criminal indictments against an “illegitimate” leader, not an act of war.
The meeting in New York was convened just hours before Maduro was due to appear before a federal judge in Manhattan on charges including “narco-terrorism” conspiracy, cocaine importation and weapons trafficking – allegations he has long denied.
António Guterres, the UN secretary general, warned that the capture of Maduro risked intensifying instability in Venezuela and across the region. He questioned whether the operation respected the rules of international law.
“I am deeply concerned about the possible intensification of instability in the country, the potential impact on the region, and the precedent it may set for how relations between and among states are conducted,” Guterres said in a statement delivered to the council by UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo.
He urged Venezuelan actors to engage in “inclusive and democratic dialogue” and offered UN support for a peaceful way forward.
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I absolutely cannot stand anything about the UN. Nothing. I would rather have The League of Nations serving the function as the useless, global, bloodsucking, anti-American leeches.
“ Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Eritrea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Spain were among countries that on Monday denounced Donald Trump’s decision to launch deadly strikes on Venezuela and snatch its leader, Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, to stand trial in the US.”
These people aren’t our friends.
“Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Eritrea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Spain”
Where’s the list of allies?
None of them. Spain may actually be connected to the Maduro drug trafficking, Today’s Brazil is no ally and today’s Colombian President...
All foes
Thats like the BRICS countries, filled with anti US, racists dictators.
Can we get rid of the UN? It is full of vipers.
If UN secretary general Guterres is so upset, he should immediately move the UN headquarters from the United States to a more civilized country.
I’ll bet there is plenty of suitable land available in Somalia or the Congo.
Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Oh, who cares what the UN thinks?
Great God Almighty! Every one of those places is a sh*thole.
You could not PAY me any amount of money to visit those places. No interest.
No curiostiy. Every one of them is a world class loser.
Every single one run by far Leftists or allies of Mauduro.
None are US allies.
Didn’t note any allies in the article. Title line seems deceptive.
These addicted leftists and their respective countries are all having narc withdrawals.
No más fiestas de drogas!
No más sobornos de los cárteles de la droga!!
So, our enemies !
was this our ally-allies or our enemy-allies.
You would think that Denmark would want us side-tracked in Venezuela to keep Greenland safe.
Didn’t Bolivar steal Venezuela from Spain?
It’s the UN, controlled by OIC (Islamic Bloc).
Between this action and Trump’s coveting of Greenland, we may yet see the US kicked out of the UN and withdrawing from NATO. I’d be OK with both.
Denounce.
That’s a big and heavy word.
I’m sure Donald feels bad about it.
LOL
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