Donald Trump says the US has carried out a ‘large-scale strike’ towards Venezuela and captured its president.
Printed On 3 Jan 2026
US President Donald Trump has stated that the US has carried out a “large-scale strike” towards Venezuela and its chief, President Nicolas Maduro.
In a put up on Reality Social, Trump claimed Maduro and his spouse had been “captured and flown in a foreign country” following the operation, which he stated was carried out “together with US legislation enforcement”.
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The USA has carried out strikes inside Venezuela early on Saturday, in a dramatic escalation that Venezuelans had feared for weeks.
US media shops, together with Fox Information and CBS Information, earlier reported that the US carried out strikes on the South American nation.
In an preliminary assertion, Maduro accused the US of an “extraordinarily severe army aggression”.
“Venezuela rejects, repudiates, and denounces earlier than the worldwide group the extraordinarily severe army aggression perpetrated by the present authorities of the US of America towards Venezuelan territory and other people,” Maduro’s authorities stated.
Different nations are additionally reacting to the assault.
Colombia
“Alerting the entire world that they’ve attacked Venezuela,” Colombian President Gustavo Petro wrote on the social media platform X.
“The Republic of Colombia reiterates its conviction that peace, respect for worldwide legislation, and the safety of life and human dignity should prevail over any type of armed confrontation,” Petro added.
Cuba
President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez issued a sharply worded condemnation on social media, accusing Washington of finishing up a “legal assault” towards Venezuela and calling for an pressing worldwide response.
In a put up on X, Diaz-Canel stated that Cuba’s so-called “zone of peace” was being “brutally assaulted”, describing the US motion as “state terrorism” directed not solely on the Venezuelan individuals however at “Our America” extra broadly.
He ended the assertion with the revolutionary slogan: “Homeland or Dying, We Shall Overcome.”
In an announcement posted by varied Cuban embassies world wide, Havana stated it “denounces the US army assault towards Venezuela”.
The assertion additionally “calls for an pressing response from the worldwide group”, describing the assault as “state terrorism”.
Iran
In an announcement, Iran’s overseas ministry stated it “strongly condemns the American army assault on Venezuela and the flagrant violation of the nationwide sovereignty and territorial integrity of the nation”.
