"On Monday, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez was being sworn in as the next leader of the South American country. At the UN, the US insisted it is "not at war" with Venezuela nor staging a coup and tried to insist its capture of Maduro was a "law enforcement operation". UN Chief Antonio Guterres raised concerns about instability in Venezuela and the legality of Trump's strike, the most dramatic US intervention in Latin America since the 1989 Panama invasion."
"US Special Forces swooped into Caracas by helicopter on Saturday, shattered his security cordon and dragged him from the threshold of a safe room. On Monday morning, Maduro - his hands zip-tied - and his wife Cilia Flores were escorted by armed guards in tactical gear from a Brooklyn detention centre to a helicopter bound for Manhattan federal court. Maduro (63) has long denied the allegations, saying they were a mask for imperialist designs on Venezuela's oil."
US special forces raided Caracas by helicopter and captured President Maduro, triggering immediate international concern. Vice President Delcy Rodriguez was sworn in as the next leader amid the disruption. The US described the operation as a law-enforcement action while UN Chief Antonio Guterres raised questions about instability and legal implications. Maduro is accused of overseeing a cocaine-trafficking network linked to the Sinaloa and Zetas cartels and FARC rebels; he denies the allegations as cover for imperialist designs on Venezuela's oil. Venezuela issued an emergency order to detain those who supported the US action. Russia, China and allies condemned the raid and the UN Security Council prepared to debate its legality.
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