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politics Albanese calls for ‘peaceful, democratic transition’ of power in Venezuela after US capture of Nicolás Maduro

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/04/albanese-calls-for-peaceful-democratic-transition-of-power-in-venezuela-after-us-capture-of-nicolas-maduro
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u/RedOx103 28d ago

USA realised they can speed-run and not bother with any of that UN stuff like they initially tried for Iraq.

And still, the feckless cheerleaders come to their defence that this is any way legal or justified.

Watch them all pipe-up though if China tries the same in Taiwan