‘Act of war’: Expert rejects Trump rationale for Venezuela attack

Professor slams US attacks and removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power as an ‘illegal use of force’.

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US President Donald Trump and his allies have defended the US attacks on Venezuela and the removal of President Nicolas Maduro from power amid widespread condemnation that the actions violate international law.

Trump told reporters on Saturday that Maduro was “captured” after US military strikes on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, for carrying out a purported “campaign of deadly narco-terrorism against the United States”.

‘Act of war’: Expert rejects Trump rationale for Venezuela attack

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