US defends Maduro operation at UN Security Council

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Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, rejected accusations of aggression against Venezuela at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday (January 5), saying the operation was a law enforcement action tied to longstanding criminal charges. Samuel Moncada, Venezuela's ambassador to the U.N., said his country was "the subject of an armed and illegitimate attack lacking all legal justification." - REUTERS

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00:00The events of January 3, 2026 constitute a day of profound historical gravity, not only

00:12for Venezuela, but for the international system as a whole.

00:15That day, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela was the subject of an armed and illegitimate

00:20attack lacking all legal justification by the government of the United States of America.

00:28There is no war against Venezuela or its people.

00:33We are not occupying a country.

00:37This was a law enforcement operation in furtherance of lawful indictments that have existed for

00:47decades.

00:48The United States arrested a narco trafficker who is now going to stand trial in the United

00:55States in accordance with the rule of law for the crimes he's committed against our people

01:00for 15 years.

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