Nicolas Maduro is the President of Venezuela
Uganda and 120 countries under the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) have described the United States’ arrest of Venezuela’s president as aggression, and want those behind the action to be held accountable.
“The Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) demands the immediate cessation of all hostilities against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the full respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence and inalienable right to self-determination of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and that those responsible for these ongoing acts of aggression to be held accountable,” a statement reads in part.
Uganda is the current chair of the NAM. NAM is an organisation whose key objective is to oppose any form of colonialism. Neo-colonialism and imperialism.
On January 3, 2026, the US military carried out strikes against Venezuela, before they arrested its president, Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
The US president, Donald J Trump, said they would take control of Venezuela, which they would manage for an unspecified period of time.
The NAM members condemned the US action in Venezuela.
“NAM categorically condemns the act of aggression perpetrated by the United States of America against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, since the early hours of 03 January 2026, which included armed attacks against civilian and military locations in the capital city of Caracas, as well as in various other cities of Venezuelan territory,” the statement read.
The NAM members also condemned the arrest of Mr Maduro, saying heads of state and government have the inviolability of immunity in international law.
“These immunities, firmly rooted in customary international law and consistent with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, must be respected universally and without discrimination, and any actions or measures that undermine or selectively disregard them risk eroding multilateralism, destabilising international relations, and weakening the international legal order,” the statement said.
In a media engagement on Sunday, President Museveni said the events in Venezuela are a wake-up call for Africans to unite and prioritise the issue of the strategic security of the continent.
Museveni said the East African federation would bring unity, which would enable the region to build capacity to defend itself on land, at sea, in space and air.
