US captures Venezuela's leader and his wife in a stunning operation and plans to prosecute them
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The United States has captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flown him out of the country in a stunning military operation that plucked a sitting leader from office following months of escalating Trump administration pressure on the oil-rich South American nation.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard around 2 a.m. local time Saturday in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. The government accused the United States of attacking civilian and military installations in multiple states.

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Venezuela’s government, in the statement, called on its supporters to take to the streets.

“People to the streets!” the statement said. “The Bolivarian Government calls on all social and political forces in the country to activate mobilization plans and repudiate this imperialist attack.”

The statement added that President Nicolás Maduro had “ordered all national defense plans to be implemented” and declared “a state of external disturbance.” That state of emergency gives him the power to suspend people’s rights and expand the role of the armed forces.

  • Puddinghelmet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    USA does not like rules and democracy anyway, the USA and Israel even reject the jurisdiction of the international crime court. Neither country is among the 125 signatories of the Rome Statute, which established the ICC in 1998. Afghanistan signed it in 2003 and the state of Palestine in 2014.
    Because why would anyone sign something that will hold themselves accountable? Why not just keep the wild west theme so we can do what we want, blackmail who we want, use big companies how we want because we are the most powerful country for now so yeah… the wild wild west