Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico denounces the U.S. commando raid that seized Venezuela’s president as a “kidnapping” and a naked bid for control over the country’s oil, arguing that great powers now ignore international law while a weakened UN and toothless Security Council stand by, leaving small states like Slovakia able only to watch. He says he deliberately stayed silent at first but now feels compelled to “unequivocally condemn” what he calls America’s latest “oil adventure,” even if it damages Slovak‑U.S. relations, and vows to push for a more independent, interest‑driven foreign policy for Slovakia inside a European Union he criticizes as ineffective but still capable, in his view, of reinventing itself as a just global power.
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