"Venezuela was a brutal regime, she said. We (Britain) didn't even recognise it as a legitimate government. I think that what's happened is quite extraordinary. But I understand why America has done it. The reason why I say this is because, where the legal certainty is not yet clear, morally I do think it was the right thing to do."
"(AP) I am glad Maduro has gone, he was making people's lives a living hell. Ms Badenoch said her response was different to other party leaders and MPs partly as a result of her own background in Nigeria as a child. I grew up under a military dictatorship [in Nigeria], so I know what it's like to have someone like Maduro in charge. I know what it's like to have people celebrating in the street. So I'm not condemning the US."
The Independent funds on-the-ground reporting across topics including reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech, avoids paywalls, and solicits donations to keep journalists reporting from both sides. Investigations include financial scrutiny of political groups and production of documentaries such as 'The A Word' about American women fighting for reproductive rights. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch praised the US seizure of Venezuela's President Maduro as morally right, called Venezuela a brutal regime and questioned its legitimacy. She expressed understanding of American intervention despite legal uncertainty, welcomed Maduro's removal as alleviating suffering, and cited childhood experience under Nigeria's military dictatorship as shaping her perspective.
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