The University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) condemned the detention of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by the United States as a kidnapping and asserted that it is a further step in the "process of dismantling the international order" based on "dialogue, cooperation, and respect for national sovereignty." In a statement released this Monday, the public university explained that "the bombings perpetrated against a sovereign state, Venezuela, as well as the kidnapping of its head of state, cannot be interpreted as an isolated incident, but rather as a step in the process of dismantling the international order." The university pointed out that, after two world conflicts that caused millions of deaths, states decided to establish "an international system based on dialogue, cooperation, respect for national sovereignty, the protection of human rights, and the prohibition of the use of force."

The Balearic Islands government expressed its "prudence" on Saturday regarding the events in Venezuela and voiced its support for Venezuelan residents in the islands, after the United States announced the arrest of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores as part of a military operation that included bombing.