Overview
- President Donald Trump said U.S. forces conducted strikes in and around Caracas and that Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and flown out of Venezuela.
- U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced that Maduro has been charged with narco-terrorism and would face prosecution in the United States.
- India’s Left parties condemned the action as imperialist aggression, urged a UN Security Council resolution and troop withdrawal from the Caribbean, and alleged the real goal was to seize Venezuelan oil and minerals.
- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan called the bombings terrorism by a rogue state and pressed for global resistance to what he termed a violation of international law.
- Russia labeled the operation armed aggression and backed calls for an urgent UN Security Council session, while Latin American responses diverged as Chile urged dialogue and Ecuador signaled support for Venezuelan opposition figures.