Overview
- The UN human-rights office said the Jan. 3 incursion made countries less secure and warned it undercuts safeguards meant to restrain great-power force.
- At an emergency UN session, China’s envoy Sun Lei condemned the operation as a breach of Venezuela’s sovereignty and core principles of international law.
- In Caracas, Delcy Rodríguez serves as acting leader after Nicolás Maduro’s capture, while opposition figure María Corina Machado remains sidelined.
- Trump’s threats to seize or buy Greenland raise a NATO dilemma because the island is Danish territory and Denmark is an alliance member.
- The international far right is split, with leaders such as Javier Milei and José Antonio Kast applauding the raid as figures like Marine Le Pen and parts of AfD criticize or distance themselves.