Leading the pack is the egregious Argentine President Javier Milei who could only uncontrollably shriek on social media “long live freedom, dammit,” several times to proclaim his joy over “narco-terrorist” Nicolas Maduro’s kidnapping. As a particular provocation against Brazilian President Lula da Silva, who condemned the U.S. action, Milei produced a video of his speech at the Dec.10, 2025 Mercosur summit in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, including his diatribe against Maduro and his praise for Trump’s military offensive in the Caribbean. The video shows an expressionless and undoubtedly angry Lula sitting listening to Milei’s rant, and ends with a clip of Lula embracing Maduro during some past event. Former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich, a vicious sadist known for her brutal repressive tactics, congratulated Trump on social media for arresting Maduro, but included a 2013 clip of former President Cristina Kirchner as she awarded Maduro the Order of the Liberator Simon Bolivia, for services rendered to Argentina. Her unsubtle message is that Kirchner is a narco-terrorist, too.
Ecuador’s millionaire President Daniel Noboa, scion of his country’s filthy rich banana barons, posted a message on X “to all the narco-chavista criminals, your time has come … you will collapse in the whole continent.” He lavished praise on regime change queen Maria Corina Machado and former presidential candidate Edmundo González. When former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa challenged Noboa’s statements, Noboa threatened “you’ll end up like Noriega and Maduro … I promise you that,” and accused Correa of expanding narcoterrorism in Ecuador during his 2007-2017 presidency.
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino, who has supported Donald Trump’s attacks on Maduro, announced his government will maintain “neutrality” now to focus on ensuring the security of the Panama Canal and related maritime routes. The governments of Paraguay and Bolivia both justified the U.S. action against “dictator” Maduro, although they stressed the need for a “peaceful” democratic transition.
In a posting to X, Chile’s President-elect José Antonio Kast welcomed Maduro’s kidnapping as “great news for the region.” Maduro’s “illegitimate narco-regime” forced 8 million Venezuelans to leave their country, he charged, a large number of whom have settled in Chile. Now, he said, regional governments must ensure that all remaining elements of Maduro’s regime leave power, so that all the Venezuelans who had left their country can now return home. Kast is determined to deport all undocumented Ibero-American citizens, no matter how long they’ve been in Chile or how they contribute to the economy.
