{"id":4970,"date":"2026-01-03T23:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/?p=4970"},"modified":"2026-01-03T23:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:14:13","slug":"new-york-mayor-mamdani-voices-opposition-to-us-operation-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/new-york-mayor-mamdani-voices-opposition-to-us-operation-in-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Mayor Mamdani Voices Opposition to US Operation in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has expressed concern over the recent US operation in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Mamdani stated that he personally called former President Donald Trump to convey his opposition to what he described as a \u201cpursuit of regime change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI called the president and spoke with him directly to register my opposition to this action,\u201d Mamdani said during a press conference on Saturday. He emphasized that his concerns are rooted in the need to uphold federal and international law consistently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Continue reading on next page\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mamdani characterized the military operation as \u201can act of war\u201d and warned that it could have broader implications beyond Venezuela, particularly for the city\u2019s Venezuelan community. \u201cMy focus is their safety and the safety of every New Yorker,\u201d he said, noting that his administration will continue to monitor the situation and provide guidance as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, in a statement posted on social media, Mamdani said he had been briefed on plans to detain Maduro and Flores in federal custody in New York City. He cautioned that the operation could represent a dangerous escalation in US foreign policy and highlighted potential impacts on Venezuelan residents in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was briefed this morning on the U.S. military capture of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife, as well as their planned imprisonment in federal custody here in New York City. <br><br>Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/2007513875709669540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Trump announced that US forces had carried out a \u201clarge-scale strike\u201d in Venezuela, capturing Maduro and Flores and transporting them to the United States to face federal charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayor Mamdani\u2019s remarks underline the concerns of city officials about international actions and their local implications, particularly for communities with strong ties to affected nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has expressed concern over the recent US operation in Venezuela that resulted in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4972,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970\/revisions\/4972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}