Overview
- The 15-member council will meet Monday at 1500 GMT under “Threats to International Peace and Security” after a request led by Colombia with backing from Russia and China.
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, through his spokesman, called the developments a dangerous precedent and said international law appears not to have been respected.
- President Donald Trump praised the operation and said the United States would run Venezuela until a safe, proper and judicious transition.
- Reports describe strikes on military sites that cut power in parts of Caracas and the seizure of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, who were taken to a U.S. Navy ship and flown to the United States.
- Venezuela’s UN mission condemned the action as a colonial war and urged the council to convene, censure Washington, halt further attacks, and pursue accountability, as the raid followed months of U.S. maritime interdictions and tanker seizures tied to sanctions.