Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay in a joint statement expressed their “rejection” of US forces’ ousting of Nicolas Maduro as Venezuela’s president and “concern about any attempt at governmental control or administration or outside appropriation of natural or strategic resources”.
Daily Archives: 4. Januar 2026
Britain says it and France bombed suspected Islamic State arms dump in Syria
Western aircraft have been conducting patrols to stop a resurgence of the Islamist militant group that ruled parts of Syria until 2019.
Denmark prime minister calls on Trump to „stop the threats“ about Greenland
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a statement on Sunday that it makes „absolutely no sense to talk about the need for the United States to take over Greenland.“
„The U.S. has no right to annex any of the three nations in the Danish kingdom,“ she said, adding: „I would therefore strongly urge the U.S. stop the threats against a historically close ally and against another country and another people, who have very clearly said that they are not for sale.“
Greenland, Denmark slam Trump staffer‘s wife for endorsing annexation
Denmark and Greenland each made their displeasure known on Sunday after the wife of President Donald Trump’s most influential aide posted a social media picture of Greenland painted in the colours of the US flag.
Katie Miller – wife of Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller – posted the contentiously altered image of the Danish autonomous territory late Saturday, after the US military operation against Venezuela.
Her post had a single word above it: “SOON.”
Protest gegen US-Interventionismus: Hunderte demonstrieren vor dem Brandenburger Tor
Am Samstagabend, dem 3. Januar 2026, versammelten sich am Pariser Platz in Berlin mehrere Hundert kurzfristig mobilisierte Solidaritäts- und Friedensgruppen zu einer Kundgebung vor der US-Botschaft. Anlass war der Protest gegen den US-Angriff auf Venezuela sowie gegen die Entführung des venezolanischen Präsidenten Maduro und seiner Frau.
Trump Threatens Venezuela’s Acting President With Fate Worse Than Maduro’s
President Trump on Sunday threatened that Venezuela’s new acting president, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, would have a fate worse than Nicolas Maduro’s if she doesn’t do the bidding of the US.
“If she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,” Trump told The Atlantic a day after his military abducted Maduro from the Venezuelan capital of Caracas and flew him to New York, where he is now in a jail cell in Brooklyn.
US operation in Venezuela kills at least 40 people: Report
Citing a senior Venezuelan official, who spoke anonymously, the report said: „At least 40 people, including civilians and soldiers, were killed in the attack.“
US officials told the New York Times that the assault involved a large-scale aerial operation aimed at disabling Venezuelan air defenses before ground forces were deployed.
„More than 150 US aircraft were dispatched to knock out air defenses, so military helicopters could deliver troops who assaulted Mr. Maduro‘s position, US officials said,“ it noted.
Trump: We Are in Venezuela Now, and We Are Going to Stay
Trump claimed Washington would pay for the occupation of Venezuela with profits from the country’s oil.
U.S. national intelligence director is silent on Venezuela operation
Her silence on the operation surprised some in the U.S. intelligence community, which laid the groundwork for the mission over several months, and which had assets in harm’s way on the ground in Venezuela as the operation unfolded.
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Gabbard, a native of Hawaii who, according to her X account, spent the holidays in her home state, made a name for herself as a member of Congress campaigning against “regime change wars,” particularly the U.S. war in Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein.
Trump‘s vow to ‚run‘ Venezuela, sell oil, part of plan to dominate Western Hemisphere
But Trump‘s framing of the issue appeared to quickly expand when he stunned observers by saying the U.S. was going to „run the country“ temporarily, even if that involved troops on the ground, that American companies would soon start selling the country‘s vast oil reserves, and that it was part of an overall strategy of U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere.