Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony with Uruguay’s President Yamandu Orsi, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, February 3, 2026
CHINA’S President Xi Jinping called today for a more “equal and multipolar world.”
He made the remarks during a meeting in Beijing with Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi, who was paying the first visit by a South American leader to China since the United States launched its illegal and unprovoked raid on Venezuela on January 3, during which President Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores were kidnapped.
More than 100 people were killed during the US attack.
Mr Xi voiced support for Latin America and Caribbean nations’ efforts to upholding their sovereignty, security and development interests in the current volatile international climate.
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Mr Xi said: “The world today is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, with a complex and volatile international situation and escalating unilateral bullying,” adding that China had always attached great importance to its ties with Latin America.
Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez speaks during a presentation in Caracas on December 4, 2025. (Photo by Pedro Mattey/AFP via Getty Images)
“What is being done to Venezuela is barbaric,” said Delcy Rodríguez, who assumed the role of interim president following the US abduction of Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who assumed the role of interim president following the US abduction of Nicolás Maduro, said in a televised address Saturday that “we will never again be a colony of any empire,” defying the Trump administration’s plan to indefinitely control Venezuela’s government and exploit its vast oil reserves.
“We are determined to be free,” declared Rodríguez, who demanded that the US release Maduro from custody and said he is still Venezuela’s president.
“What is being done to Venezuela is barbaric,” she added.
Rodríguez’s defiant remarks came after US President Donald Trump claimed he is “designating various people” to run Venezuela’s government, suggested American troops could be deployed, and threatened a “second wave” of attacks on the country if its political officials don’t bow to the Trump administration’s demands.
Trump also threatened “all political and military figures in Venezuela,” warning that “what happened to Maduro can happen to them.” Maduro is currently detained in Brooklyn and facing fresh US charges.
Rodríguez’s public remarks contradicted the US president’s claim that she privately pledged compliance with the Trump administration’s attempts to control Venezuela’s political system and oil infrastructure. The interim president delivered her remarks alongside top Venezuelan officials, including legislative and judicial leaders, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, a projection of unity in the face of US aggression.
“Doesn’t feel like a nation that is ready to let Donald Trump and Marco Rubio ‘run it,’” said US Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who condemned the Trump administration for “starting an illegal war with Venezuela that Americans didn’t ask for and has nothing to do with our security.”
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