Ireland is not taking a “softly softly” approach over US intervention in Venezuela, the Tánaiste has said. Simon Harris said he would not describe the Trump administration’s strikes on Venezuela and the middle-of-the-night capture of its president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores as “kidnapping”. Maduro appeared in a New York court on Monday when he pleaded not guilty to “narco-terrorism” charges and claimed he was a prisoner of war. “There was somebody who democratically won the election in Venezuela, and that’s quite clear as well. On US threats to annex Greenland, Mr Harris said the territory was part of Denmark and the European Union.

Source: Irish Examiner January 06, 2026 19:23 UTC