Venezuela delivered an explosive address at the UN Security Council after U.S. strikes and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro. Caracas accused Washington of armed aggression, civilian deaths, infrastructure destruction, and kidnapping a sitting head of state. Calling it a flagrant breach of the UN Charter, Venezuela warned the move set a dangerous global precedent. The speech framed the crisis as a test of international law itself, linking the attack to resource control and neo-colonial ambitions.