The government of Venezuela: “The United States will not be able to get its hands on our resources”
In the night between 2 and 3 January 2026 the United States they launched a heavy attack against Venezuela hitting the capital Caracas and other locations in the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira. The president Donald Trump announced that the US army captured President Maduro and his wife who were taken out of the country.
USA attacks Venezuela
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The large-scale attack comes at the culmination of weeks in which the tension between the two countries with Donald Trump having announced his decision to launch one war on drug cartelsdeploying warships in the Caribbean, and had promised Maduro to remove him from the leadership of the country. The Venezuelan government reacted to the attack by speaking of a very serious aggression: “We will defend ourselves, the USA will not lay hands on the resources of our country” were the words of members of the Venezuelan government. According to a press release from the presidency of the Republic of Caracasbefore being captured, Maduro had ordered the implementation of the national state of emergency to protect the population and activate the armed response “against imperialist aggression”. The USA would have hit several military bases, but according to the CNN some neighborhoods of Caracas remained without electricity. The home of the defense minister was also hit by an air raid Vladimir Godfather Lopez who was initially reported missing but who appeared in a video to incite Venezuelans: “We will not negotiate and we will not surrender.” According to the Wall Street Journal military helicopters would also have been used.
the reaction
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The statement from Venezuelan government cited Article 51 of the UN charter to uphold his right to self-defense in protection of his people, territory and independence. He also called for the governments of Latin America and the Caribbean to mobilize in solidarity. Gustavo Pedro, president of Colombiacalled for the activation of urgent meetings of both the United Nations and the OAS, the Organization of American States: “They are bombing with missiles. The OAS and the UN must meet immediately” he wrote on CBS News Trump had ordered the attacks for several days now but those against IS in Nigeria took precedence.
Tajani’s words
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“I am following the evolution of the situation with our diplomatic representation in Caracas” were the words of the Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. Speaking to TG2 Tajani added that ports and airports have been hit and that now the fear is for possible street demonstrations and the tensions that may also arise in prisons (where the Italian aid worker Alberto Trentini has been detained for over a year). The Italian ambassador in Caracas he invited our compatriots present in the country not to leave their homes. The vice president of the Russian Federal Council accused the US of violating international law because Venezuela did not pose a threat to the United States.
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