The U.N. Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting after the U.S. military struck sites in Venezuela early Saturday and captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia.
The meeting, reportedly set for Monday at 10 a.m. Eastern, will see 15 ambassadors from various countries huddle at the U.N. headquarters in New York City to discuss the strikes. It was scheduled after a request from Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who called the attack an “aggression against the sovereignty of Venezuela and Latin America” and suggested it violated international law.
On the council is at least two allies of Venezuela, namely China and Russia, who are permanent members and had backed Petro’s plea. The United States, France, and the United Kingdom are also permanent members, while the other 10 serve two-year terms.
Notably, Somalia currently sits on the security council, a country that has been fixated on by President Donald Trump as a fraud scandal envelops Minnesota.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE US STRIKES ON VENEZUELA AND MADURO’S FALL
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump made the extraordinary move to authorize land strikes and take down the Maduro regime. The mission, which lasted under an hour and resulted in zero deaths of U.S. service members, included seven blasts on Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela, and the capture of Maduro.
Maduro is now set to stand trial in New York on drug trafficking charges. For Venezuela, meanwhile, Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. will “run” the country temporarily during the inevitable transition period.