United States Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on U.S. strikes and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, U.S., January 5, 2026. [Brendan McDermid/Reuters]

Maduro not a head of state, US says at UN Security Council

Name: Maduro not a head of state, US says at UN Security Council
Uploaded: 2026-01-05T17:47:04Z
Duration: 47 s
Description: Nicolas Maduro was an “illegitimate so-called president” and not a head of state, the US Ambassador to the UN said.

Nicolas Maduro was an “illegitimate so-called president” and not a head of state, US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz asserted at the UN Security Council. The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed the leader’s abduction was a law enforcement rather than military operation.