The Principality of Kaharagia unequivocally condemns the military intervention carried out by the United States of America on the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on 3 January 2026, including the forcible detention and removal of President Nicolás Maduro.

This action represents a grave breach of international law, including the principles of state sovereignty, non-intervention, and the prohibition on the use of force as set out in the Charter of the United Nations. The unilateral deployment of military power to seize or depose a foreign head of state, in the absence of any international mandate, undermines the legal order upon which international peace and security depend.

The Principality further notes that repeated United States military interventions in the internal affairs of other states have, as a matter of historical record, produced outcomes that are more destabilising than corrective. Such actions have frequently resulted in prolonged conflict, institutional collapse, civilian suffering, and regional instability, while failing to deliver the democratic governance or lasting stability advanced as their justification. Venezuela now risks becoming another example of this pattern.

At the same time, the Principality of Kaharagia affirms without reservation that Nicolás Maduro ruled Venezuela as a dictator. His continued hold on power was characterised by the systematic dismantling of democratic institutions, the repression of political opposition, credible allegations of electoral manipulation, widespread human rights abuses, and the consolidation of authority through coercion rather than consent.

The Principality rejects any false equivalence between condemning dictatorship and accepting unlawful foreign intervention. The illegitimacy of an authoritarian regime does not confer legality, necessity, or moral authority upon unilateral military action by another state. History demonstrates that externally imposed regime change, particularly when pursued outside established international legal frameworks, has repeatedly deepened human suffering and delayed genuine political resolution.

Accountability for authoritarian governance, corruption, and criminal conduct must be pursued through lawful, multilateral, and internationally recognised mechanisms. Justice obtained through violations of international law is neither durable nor legitimate, and it weakens the protections upon which smaller and non-territorial states depend.

The Principality of Kaharagia calls upon the United States to cease further military action, to uphold its obligations under international law, and to engage constructively with multilateral institutions, including the United Nations, in addressing the political and humanitarian consequences of this intervention. It further urges all parties to prioritise the protection of civilians and to avoid escalation.

As a sovereign principality committed to legality, restraint, and peaceful coexistence, Kaharagia stands firmly against dictatorship and equally firmly against the repeated use of unilateral military force as an instrument of foreign policy. The future of Venezuela must be determined by the Venezuelan people themselves, through free, credible, and internationally supervised processes, not through external coercion.