UN Security Council to Meet Monday to Discuss US Capture of Maduro

The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to meet Monday following U.S. military action that deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Colombia, with backing from Russia and China, requested the emergency session of the 15-member council, according to Reuters.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has characterized the American intervention as setting "a dangerous precedent." President Donald Trump announced Saturday that Washington would run Venezuela "until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition," though specifics of this plan remain unclear.