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Venezuela’s UN Ambassador Samuel Reinaldo Moncada Acosta unleashed a scathing address at the UN Security Council, denouncing the United States for kidnapping President Nicolás Maduro and flouting the UN Charter. He condemned the attacks as an oil-driven act of aggression and warned that the very foundations of the global legal order are in jeopardy.
He framed the strikes as oil-driven aggression and a flagrant violation of the UN Charter, pointing to breaches of the prohibition on the use of force, the principle of sovereign equality, and the duty to settle disputes peacefully. Moncada also cited the Geneva Conventions and international human rights law, highlighting that the alleged kidnapping of a head of state constitutes a violation of personal immunity.
“Venezuela is being targeted for its natural resources,” he warned, linking the attack to colonial and neocolonial practices, and urging the Security Council to demand the immediate release of our President and First Lady.
He emphasized that despite the alleged aggression, Venezuela’s institutions remain intact, constitutional order is preserved, and effective control over its territory is maintained, with the Executive Vice President sworn in as acting president to ensure continuity. Moncada concluded with a call for the Security Council to condemn the use of force, uphold international law, and protect peace and sovereignty worldwide.
From more from the United Nations emergency meeting The emergency UN Security Council meeting drew sharp criticism from both U.S. allies and rivals.
Denmark, which oversees Greenland another Trump target, stressed the inviolability of borders, with Ambassador Christina Markus Lassen declaring,
“No state should seek to influence political outcomes in Venezuela through the use of threat of force or through other means inconsistent with international law.”
France, despite President Emmanuel Macron’s prior endorsement of Maduro’s capture, warned that violations of international law by permanent Security Council members “erode the very foundation of the international order,” according to Deputy Ambassador Jay Dharmadhikari, who added,
“The military operation that has led to the capture of Maduro runs counter to the principle of peace dispute resolution and runs counter to the principle of non-use of force.”
French President Emmanuel Macron’s endorsement of Maduro’s capture was full-throated, with him declaring that the people of Venezuela “should rejoice” at the operation.
The Venezuelan people are today rid of Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship and can only rejoice.
By seizing power and trampling on fundamental freedoms, Nicolás Maduro gravely undermined the dignity of his own people.
Of course the United States, however, defended its illegal actions as a “surgical law enforcement operation,” with Ambassador Mike Waltz asking,
“If the United Nations in this body confers legitimacy on an illegitimate narco-terrorist with the same treatment in this charter of a democratically elected president or head of state, what kind of organization is this?”
The reporting fails to mention that Trump is threatening to annex Greenland and that other countries, including Mexico, are now under direct threat from his administration—despite Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisting that Mexico remains a strong ally on the war on drugs in the region.
This report, from a month ago, discussed the possibility of U.S. boots on the ground in Mexico and praised their involvement in the so-called “war on drugs.”
Colombia condemned the raid as “the worst interference in our area in the past,” with Ambassador Leonor Zalabata warning,
“Democracy cannot be defended or promoted through violence and coercion, and it cannot be superseded, either, by economic interests.”
Meanwhile, China and Russia, both permanent Security Council members, sided with Venezuela in condemning the operation. Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia cautioned,
“We cannot allow the United States to proclaim itself as some kind of supreme judge, which alone bears the right to invade any country, to label culprits, to hand down and to enforce punishments irrespective of notions of international law, sovereignty and nonintervention.”
A blast from the past: Hugo Chávez explaining why the United States might be interested in invading Venezuela.
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