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Around 12,000 miles from Venezuela, leaders from the Marianas weighed in on the capture of the South American country’s president by the U.S. military.
Democratic Party of the Northern Mariana Islands vice chair Stephen Woodruff said that while he congratulated U.S. troops on the capture of Maduro, he still described the operation as a “pretty reckless act.”

“Using military force in that way is essentially an act of war, and Congress is the only body authorized to declare war,” Woodruff said in an interview with Marianas Press. “There apparently was no consultation with Congress, so it’s a pretty reckless act.”

For Dr. Robert Underwood, a former Guam delegate to the U.S. Congress and co-founder of the Pacific Center for Island Security, said Trump’s action in Venezuela underscores a shift in how his administration approaches global conflicts.

“Trump has already abandoned the commitment in his administration’s recent National Security Strategy to avoid interventions,” Underwood said in an email to Marianas Press. “The willingness to engage in behavior that violates international law and sabotages a commitment to a rules-based order makes the world more chaotic.”

Read the complete report by Mark Rabago on our website.