Turkish X user @mehmetucum condemned the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro as a 'brutal example' of imperialist aggression to dominate global energy resources, stating international law has been 'completely nullified,' in a post shared between 11:15 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. UTC on January 4, 2026. The post listed six points on the 'Maduro incident,' calling it a 'criminal act' revealing a world of 'naked power struggles' with no rules, urging national states to strengthen anti-imperialist cooperation through force-based resistance against U.S. actions, according to the X content. This reaction aligns with earlier condemnations over the past hour from North Korea, Colombian President Gustavo Petro, and Venezuela's UN Representative Samuel Moncada, who criticized the U.S. operation that transferred Maduro and wife Cilia Flores to a Brooklyn detention facility earlier today.
