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The world watched in disbelief. Delta Force stormed Caracas, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro was dragged from his bed, and Donald Trump declared the U.S. \u201cin charge\u201d of Venezuela. Within hours, China unleashed a blistering rebuke and backed an emergency UN showdown. Allies are splintering, threats are flying, and one reckless quote may push Latin America to the bri\u2026<\/p>\n

China\u2019s furious response to the U.S. raid on Nicol\u00e1s Maduro has turned a risky operation into a full-blown geopolitical crisis. Beijing\u2019s denunciation of Washington as a self\u2011appointed \u201cworld\u2019s police\u201d lands at the very moment Trump boasts that America is \u201cin charge of Venezuela now,\u201d openly threatening further missions if Caracas \u201cdoesn\u2019t behave.\u201d For China, and for many governments across Latin America and Europe, that language sounds less like counter\u2011narcotics enforcement and more like the return of gunboat diplomacy.<\/p>\n

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As Trump widens his rhetoric to Colombia, Cuba, and Mexico, regional leaders are scrambling to contain the fallout. A rare joint statement from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, and Spain warns that the raid shreds the core principle of sovereignty and sets an \u201cextremely dangerous precedent.\u201d Yet Trump is celebrating a \u201cbrilliant\u201d success, even as an emergency UN Security Council session looms. Between a defiant White House and a mobilized international community, Venezuela has become the stage for a far larger struggle over who gets to decide the rules of global power.<\/p>\n

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