Current Affairs • Jan 4, 2026
The Coup In Venezuela Is An Assault on the Whole World
The United States has overthrown the president of Venezuela, in violation of the United Nations Charter and the U.S. Constitution. Early on the morning of January 3, President Donald Trump sent U.S. special forces to kidnap the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, blindfolding and handcuffing him, then bringing him to the U.S. to stand trial on four criminal counts (“narco-terrorism,” conspiracy to import cocaine, and two counts of “possession of machineguns and dangerous devices”).