{"id":671494,"date":"2026-01-03T16:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/671494\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T16:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:19:13","slug":"live-updates-trump-says-venezuela-president-maduro-captured-and-flown-out-of-country-after-us-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/671494\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Trump says Venezuela president Maduro captured and flown out of country after US strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjy851nk0002356pwl53tl6b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Leaders across Latin America have also today expressed varying reactions to the US attack on Venezuela, ranging from concern to celebration.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjy9yj1j00073b6rxzkqk6dl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Here\u2019s a round-up of what we\u2019ve seen so far:\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjy851dx0001356pv24jp9lt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel <\/strong>slammed what he called a \u201ccriminal\u201d attack by the US on Venezuela <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DiazCanelB\/status\/2007359344829141372?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">in a post on X<\/a>. \u201cCuba denounces and urgently demands the reaction of the international community against the criminal attack by the US on Venezuela. Our zone of peace is being brutally assaulted,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjy94qwb000k356pcku45ox9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Claudiashein\/status\/2007424768845185274?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">also on X<\/a>, quoted a passage from the UN Charter which said member states must refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity of another state. She also shared a statement which said her government \u201cstrongly condemns and rejects\u201d the attack.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjy8od3j000a356pfw239vqi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Colombian President Gustavo Petro<\/strong> said his country is monitoring the situation in neighboring Venezuela with deep concern. \u201cThe Colombian Government rejects any unilateral military action that could aggravate the situation or put the civilian population at risk,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/petrogustavo\/status\/2007356950514729388?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">he wrote on X.<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjy8ptnm000d356pdknefk5a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Chile\u2019s outgoing President Gabriel Boric<\/strong> said, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GabrielBoric\/status\/2007408703922696253?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">also on X,<\/a> that his government expresses \u201cconcern and condemnation\u201d of the US attack. \u201cThe Venezuelan crisis must be resolved through dialogue and the support of multilateralism, and not through violence or foreign interference\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjy8r878000f356pzu6n5swq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Meanwhile, <strong>Argentine President Javier Milei,<\/strong> an ally of US President Donald Trump, appeared to welcome the capture of Venezuela\u2019s leader with a terse message on X: \u201cFreedom advances! Long live freedom, damn it!\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjy8x06x000h356p7j6ov8tp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa<\/strong> also welcomed the news, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanielNoboaOk\/status\/2007421352719069620?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">writing on X:<\/a> \u201cTo all the narco Chavista criminals, your time is coming. Your structure will completely collapse across the entire continent.\u201d He also urged Venezuela\u2019s opposition leaders and the public to reclaim the country.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leaders across Latin America have also today expressed varying reactions to the US attack on Venezuela, ranging from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5311],"tags":[49,978,659],"class_list":{"0":"post-671494","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-united-states","9":"tag-us","10":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115832079170371602","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}