UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday voiced deep concern over the lack of respect for international law in the U.S. military action against Venezuela on Saturday. “I remain deeply concerned that rules of international law have not been respected with regard to the Jan. 3 military action,” saidContinue Reading
By Natalie Naidoo Caracas, Venezuela –In a defiant stand against what he calls an imperialist attack, Venezuela’s Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino López has released a video message rallying the nation for an “anti-imperialist and liberation war” against the American empire. The statement, shared on January 3, 2026, comesContinue Reading
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has ordered Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to assume office as acting president following the detention of President Nicolás Maduro by United States forces. The directive was issued on Saturday by the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, which said the decision was taken to ensureContinue Reading
By Adeoa Balogun The United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has said that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is not the president of the oil rich country and that his regime is not the legitimate government of the South American country. Rubio in a tweet on Saturday said the capturedContinue Reading
HAVANA, (Xinhua)/Flowerbudnews : — Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday condemned what he described as the “criminal attack” by the United States against Venezuela, demanding an urgent response from the international community. In a social media post, the president said that Latin America was being brutally assaulted, and calledContinue Reading
(Caracas. Venezuela) (US Captured Venezuelan President and Wife) MEXICO CITY, (Xinhua)/FLOWERBUDNEWS: — Over the past year, Latin America has been seeking stronger cooperation within the Global South to address a changing political landscape marked by a revival of right-wing powers and governance challenges. Against the backdrop ofContinue Reading
A fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela’s largest military complex, is seen from a distance after a series of explosions in Caracas on Jan. 3, 2026.STR / AFP) Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday called for the release of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife from U.S. custody after President DonaldContinue Reading
The Permanent Mission of Venezuela to the United Nations on Saturday sent a letter to Abukar Dahir Osman, president of the Security Council for January, condemning “brutal, unjustified and unilateral” U.S. armed attacks against the South American nation. The letter also put forward four demands: an urgent Security CouncilContinue Reading
The United Nations said it was “deeply alarmed” by the U.S. strikes and reported detention of President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. It expressed concern that the escalation was a violation of international law. “These developments constitute a dangerous precedent,” Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the U.N. secretary-general, said in aContinue Reading
