US foes and allies denounce Trump’s ‘crime of aggression’ in Venezuela at UN meeting

<p>US ambassador defends attack as ‘law enforcement’ action against an ‘illegitimate’ leader, not an act of war</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/03/putin-russia-us-foreign-policy-venezuela">The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela</a></p></li></ul><p>The US has faced widespread condemnation for a “crime of aggression” in Venezuela at an emergency meeting of the United Nations security council.</p><p>Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Eritrea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Spain were among countries that on Monday denounced Donald Trump’s decision to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/04/tactical-surprise-and-air-dominance-how-the-us-snatched-maduro-in-two-and-a-half-hours">launch deadly strikes on Venezuela and snatch its leader</a>, Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, to stand trial in the US.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/05/un-security-council-trump-attack-venezuela">Continue reading...</a>