US foes and allies denounce Trump’s ‘crime of aggression’ in Venezuela at UN meeting

Members of the UN security council meet in New York, on Monday, on the US strikes and capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

The US has faced widespread condemnation for a “crime of aggression” in Venezuela at an emergency meeting of the United Nations security council.

Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Eritrea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Spain were among the countries on Monday that denounced Donald Trump’s decision to launch deadly strikes on Venezuela and snatch its leader, Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, to stand trial in the US.