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US allies and adversaries use UN meeting to blast Venezuela intervention as America defends action
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People listen as Venezuela's U.N. Ambassador Samuel Moncada speaks during a meeting of the Security Council Monday, Jan. 5, 2026 at U.N. headquarters. - photo by AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting Monday after an audacious U.S. military operation in Venezuela over the weekend to capture leader Nicolás Maduro, with the United Nations' top official warning that America may have violated international law. Before the U.N.'s most powerful body, both allies and adversaries blasted President Donald Trump's intervention and him signaling the possibility of expanding military action to countries like Colombia and Mexico over drug trafficking accusations. He also reupped his threat to take over the Danish territory of Greenland for the sake of U.S. security interests.