Latin America’s three largest countries, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia, all governed by leftist leaders, criticised the capture of Nicolas Maduro.
Barely days into the new year, a special US task force invaded Venezuela and picked their sitting President, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife from Caracas. US President Donald Trump, perhaps buoyed by the lack of resistance from Maduro’s on-ground forces and the rapidity of the military raid, came out and declared Venezuela was not an isolated case. He warned that Mexico, Colombia, and Cuba were on his watchlist.
Hours after the January 3 military raids, political corridors of Latin America were in overdrive. Heads of state and senior officials described it as the most consequential political event in the region in decades.
Latin America’s three largest countries, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia, all governed by leftist leaders, called it an abduction. Argentina, El Salvador, and Ecuador openly cheered Trump. Smaller nations such as Guatemala and Peru maintained strategic silence.
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