The German government on Wednesday criticized the US intervention in Venezuela, four days after special forces captured the country's authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in spectacular fashion, drawing international condemnation. Unlike some other European countries, Germany initially refrained from condemning the US action.

The German government on Wednesday criticized the US intervention in Venezuela, four days after special forces captured the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in spectacular fashion, drawing international condemnation.