Overview
- Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares convened the ministry’s crisis cabinet and said the Embassy, the Caracas consulate and the Consular Emergency Unit are fully operational, with citizen safety the priority.
- The Spanish ambassador in Caracas reported that all embassy and consular personnel, as well as their families, are safe.
- Official figures put the number of Spanish residents in Venezuela at 154,767, highlighting the potential scale of consular assistance.
- Spain is pressing for an EU statement defending international law, with Albares in contact with EU High Representative Kaja Kallas and the foreign ministers of Italy and Portugal.
- CBS News, citing U.S. administration sources, reported that President Donald Trump ordered strikes on targets in Venezuela, a report that is driving Spain’s immediate response.