from PressTV
An outpouring of condemnation has followed US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States had carried out a “large-scale military strike” against Venezuela and abducted its leader, President Nicolas Maduro.
The Venezuelan government, in a statement shortly after the US bombings, slammed Washington for an “extremely serious military aggression.”
“Venezuela rejects, repudiates, and denounces before the international community the extremely serious military aggression perpetrated by the current government of the United States of America against Venezuelan territory and people,” the statement read.
Colombia rejects aggression against Latin America
“Alerting the whole world that they have attacked Venezuela,” Colombian President Gustavo Petro wrote in a series of statements posted on the social media platform X on Saturday.
“The Republic of Colombia reiterates its conviction that peace, respect for international law, and the protection of life and human dignity must prevail over any form of armed confrontation,” Petro said.
The Colombian president said in a separate post that Bogota “rejects the aggression against the sovereignty of Venezuela and of Latin America”.
Petro subsequently declared the mobilization of military troops to the border with Venezuela...
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