Editorial

15:42 JST, January 5, 2026

The U.S. military launched an attack on Venezuela, overthrowing the anti-U.S. administration. This aggressive approach, which does not rule out the use of force against other countries to secure national interests, cannot help but raise deep concern.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the United States successfully carried out a large-scale strike on Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, and other locations in the South American country. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were detained and transferred to New York. As the two have been indicted in the United States for their alleged involvement in drug trafficking, they will stand trial.

Claiming that drug flows through Venezuela amount to an act of using force against the United States, the Trump administration has attacked boats........

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