Overview
- President Donald Trump said U.S. forces conducted a large-scale strike that captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife, who are now in U.S. custody facing charges in New York.
- China and Russia backed a request for an urgent UN Security Council meeting on Monday in response to what Beijing calls a violation of international law and Venezuela’s sovereignty.
- Beijing is assessing exposure to Venezuela, where Chinese state lenders and firms hold substantial oil‑backed loans and investments, even as Trump says Venezuelan oil will keep flowing to China.
- U.S. special operations troops, reported as Delta Force, carried out the raid after strikes that degraded Venezuelan defenses, according to U.S. reports and Chinese military analysts.
- Global reaction is sharply split, with several left-leaning Latin American governments condemning the intervention, some right-leaning states welcoming it, and European leaders urging restraint without directly backing the raid.