.Canadian political leaders are celebrating and condemning the United States over its nighttime strikes on the capital city of Venezuela and the subsequent capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
“Congratulations to President Trump on successfully arresting narco-terrorist and socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, who should live out his days in prison,” Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said in a social media post on Saturday morning.
“Down with socialism. Long live freedom,” Poilievre added.
Congratulations to President Trump on successfully arresting narco-terrorist and socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro, who should live out his days in prison.
The legitimate winner of the most recent Venezuelan elections, Edmundo González, should take office along with the…
Multiple explosions rang out overnight and low-flying aircraft swept through Caracas, the capital of the oil-rich nation, as Maduro’s government immediately accused the United States of attacking civilian and military installations.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced the developments on his Truth Social platform shortly after 4:30 a.m. ET. He said the U.S. successfully carried out a “large-scale strike” against Venezuela.
In a social media post, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York.
“They will soon face the wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts,” Bondi said.
The situation marks Washington’s most direct intervention in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama.
Before Trump officially announced the operation, interim NDP Leader Don Davies reacted to a video of U.S. aircraft striking Caracas and said on social media that “if true, this is a flagrant breach of international law and the rules-based system the U.S. claims to support.”
“Canada must strongly condemn it and call for the immediate cessation of aggression by the U.S. against the sovereign state of Venezuela,” Davies said.
Neither Prime Minister Mark Carney nor Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand have publicly commented yet on the U.S. strikes.
