Trump's capture of Maduro sparks predictable split among world leaders

Here are 7 responses from global leaders

By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Monday, January 05, 2026

Cubans are seen outside Havana's Capitol during a demonstration against the government of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana, on July 11, 2021. - Thousands of Cubans took part in rare protests Sunday against the communist government, marching through a town chanting "Down with the dictatorship" and "We want liberty." | YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images

7. Miguel Díaz-Canel: 'State terrorism' and demand for release

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned the U.S. military operation as an act of “state terrorism.”

In multiple posts on X, he said Cuba strongly condemned the U.S. attack on Venezuela and urged the international community to respond to what he called a criminal act. Referring to Latin America’s declared commitment to peace, he said the region’s stability was under direct assault. He demanded that the U.S. immediately release Maduro and Cilia Flores, calling the operation a breach of Venezuela’s sovereignty.

Díaz-Canel accused the U.S. of abducting “the legitimate and sitting president of a sovereign country” through a unilateral military intervention, and urged governments around the world to ensure the action “does not go unpunished.”

His statements were consistent with Cuba’s long-standing alliance with Venezuela’s Socialist government and its regular opposition to U.S. military and economic interventions in Latin America.

He used the phrase “Zona de Paz,” referring to a 2014 Latin American declaration, signed in Havana, which commits the region’s states to peaceful coexistence and non-intervention. By calling the strike a breach of that regional commitment, Díaz-Canel sought to rally diplomatic pressure against Washington’s actions.