UPDATE - Cuba, Colombia oppose US military strikes on Venezuela

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By Yasin Gungor

ISTANBUL (AA) - Leaders of Cuba and Colombia have opposed US military strikes in Venezuela, which President Donald Trump described as "large scale."

"Cuba denounces and demands an urgent reaction from the international community against the criminal US attack on Venezuela," Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on US social media company X.

He said the region is "being brutally assaulted" and called it "state terrorism against the brave Venezuelan people and against Our America."

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Havana "strongly" condemns the US attack and added it represents "cowardly acts against a nation that has not attacked the US or any other country."

Colombian President Gustavo Petro rejected "any unilateral military action that would exacerbate the situation or put civilian populations at risk."

In a separate statement, Petro said he held a national security council meeting, adding that public forces are being deployed to the border, and all available support forces are being deployed in case of a massive influx of refugees.

Earlier, Venezuela’s government accused the US of attacking civilian and military installations in multiple states, and declared ‌a national ‌emergency.

Trump confirmed the strike on his social media platform Truth Social, saying Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife "has been … captured and flown out of the country."