Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, rejected accusations of aggression against Venezuela at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday (January 5), saying the operation was a law enforcement action tied to longstanding criminal charges. Samuel Moncada, Venezuela's ambassador to the U.N., said his country was "the subject of an armed and illegitimate attack lacking all legal justification."

Source: Bangkok Post January 06, 2026 05:02 UTC