This photo taken on December 2, 2025, shows a city view of Caracas, Venezuela.
A city view of Caracas, Venezuela on December 2, 2025. Photo: Xinhua 

On January 3, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump announced via social media that the United States had launched a large-scale military strike against Venezuela, capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. This action thrust the controversy over the legality of "military intervention in another country's internal affairs" into the center of international public opinion.

Extremely serious military aggression perpetrated by the current government of the United States of America against Venezuelan territory and population.

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects, repudiates, and denounces before the international community the extremely serious military aggression perpetrated by the current government of the United States of America against Venezuelan territory and population in the civilian and military localities of the city of Caracas, capital of the Republic, and the states of Miranda, Aragua, and La Guaira.

Workshop of a bamboo-products company in Chizhou, east China's Anhui province.

Workshop of a bamboo-products company in Chizhou, east China's Anhui province.

In Chizhou, east China's Anhui province, bamboo is emerging as a sustainable alternative in daily life. Products traditionally made from plastic, such as straws, ice cream sticks, disposable chopsticks, and cutlery, are increasingly being replaced by bamboo-based alternatives.

Venezuela's vicepresident highlighted that the South American country is advancing in productive growth, “leading economic growth in our region."

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez called on the people and productive forces this Saturday for national cohesion and the strengthening of the popular economic apparatus as a strategy of sovereign defense against imperial threats.