United States security forces have launched a “large-scale strike against Venezuela” in which they captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and removed them from the country, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on his TruthSocial social media platform on Saturday morning. The U.S. strikes targeted military bases, and at the time of writing the Venezuelan government had not provided specific information about how the attacks had affected civilians or the military. In an interview with Fox News, Trump stated that Maduro had been taken to the U.S.S. “The government of Colombia rejects the attack on the sovereignty of Venezuela and Latin America,” he wrote. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that the attack “crossed an unacceptable limit” and called on the United Nations to respond.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald January 03, 2026 13:31 UTC