The Security Council of the United Nations (UN) meets this Monday (5) to discuss the military operation conducted by the United States in Venezuela, which led to the capture and deposition of Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.
Caracas formally requested the convening of the meeting to address the US “criminal aggression”, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday (3). Other countries, such as Iran and Colombia, supported the Venezuelan request.
The meeting takes place on the same day that Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, who are in a detention center in New York, are scheduled to appear in court in Manhattan. Maduro is accused of narco-terrorism and weapons possession crimes.
The international community was divided between condemnation of the attack and greetings for Maduro’s fall. UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that Washington’s military action could have “worrying implications” for the region.
