NOW: Japan says North Korea launced a ballistic missile.

Video showing Maduro getting off a plane at Stewart Air National Guard Base.

Maduro enters DEA headquarters in Manhattan under agent escort, telling bystanders, “Good night” and wishing them a “Happy New Year.”

Venezuela’s Supreme Court ordered Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to serve as interim President after Nicolás Maduro was detained in a U.S. operation.

Q: Trump said the U.S. is going to run Venezuela. Does that mean Americans on street corners in Venezuela?

Hegseth: It means we set the terms. Trump sets the terms…it means the oil that was taken from us is returned.

Hegseth on Venezuela:

We can ensure that we have access to additional wealth and resources, enabling a country to unleash that, without having to spend American blood.

Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez:

For Venezuela, we are prepared to give even our own blood!

Chinese Foreign Ministry:

We call on the United States to ensure the safety of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, immediately release them, and resolve the issue through dialogue.

The United States lifted restrictions on Caribbean airspace for U.S. airlines after disruptions caused by U.S. military action in Venezuela and the capture of President Maduro.

Kamala Harris:

Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela do not make America safer, stronger, or more affordable.

Major U.S. outlets (including NYT and WaPo) learned about a planned U.S. raid on Venezuela shortly before it began, but delayed reporting after the Trump administration warned publication could endanger troops.

Source: Semafor

Tucker Carlson:

Maduro—whatever his many faults—has the most socially conservative country probably in the hemisphere.

Venezuela has banned pornography, banned abortion, banned gay marriage, banned sex changes, and banned usury.

You don’t have credit cards with 40% interest in Venezuela.

"Who gives a shit?" I do. I've got kids.

Colombian President Petro on November 9, 2025:

No, no, I'm not saying he (Trump) appears on the list. He appears as a friend of Epstein. A clan of pedophiles wants to end democracy in Colombia.

To prevent the list from coming out, they send battleships to kill fishermen and threaten the neighbor.

How can the people of Colombia applaud the invasion of their brother?

Are we being sold out, betraying our own blood? Or are the people of Venezuela not our own people?

Chief advisor to President of Türkiye, Mehmet Uçum:

Crime Committed Against Maduro

1- The Maduro case is one of the brutal examples showing that imperialist aggression can also be carried out through rogue-state methods.

2- The Maduro case is a criminal act that once again reveals that international law, international institutions, and the UN have been completely nullified. In other words, it has become clear once again that the so-called international system has been entirely dismantled through imperialist crimes.

3- The Maduro case strikingly demonstrates that in today’s world there is no reality other than naked power struggles; that there are no rules or institutions capable of restraining aggressive powers; and that there is no option other than power-based struggle against imperialist aggression.

4- The Maduro case has once again shown the entire world that, in today’s world—regardless of the arena—there is no possibility of existence other than limiting power with power and responding to force with force.

5- The Maduro case has once again proven that the sole objective of imperialist aggression is to dominate the world’s resources, especially energy. To achieve this goal, there exists an inhumane imperialist mindset that legitimizes all forms of lawlessness, ruthlessness, and immorality. Continuing to frame these imperialist aggressions as matters of rights and freedoms is nothing more than ideological servitude to imperialism.

6- Nation-states are under ontological threat in many respects. With the Maduro case, the threat of the “imperialist rogue state” has now been visibly added to these dangers. Today, more than ever, it is necessary to intensify anti-imperialist struggle and strengthen anti-imperialist cooperation among nation-states. There is no other option left.

Trump's Border Czar Tom Homan:

President Trump doesn’t have a limitation on his authority to make this country safe.

There’s no limitation.

The capture of Nicolás Maduro came after the breakdown of a late-December proposal that would have sent him into exile in Türkiye.

The arrangement would have allowed Maduro to leave Venezuela in exchange for oil-related concessions, but he rejected the offer.

After the talks collapsed, Operation Absolute Resolve proceeded, ending with his arrest and transfer to the United States.

Source: NYT

NEW: North Korea denounces Maduro’s capture as a “serious violation of Venezuela’s sovereignty.”