Trump’s intervention in Venezuela: the 3 warnings for the world
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Key Points:
- The January 3 US military operation in Venezuela, which involved seizing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, was both audacious and illegal under international law, as Venezuela remains a recognized sovereign state with permanent sovereignty over its resources.
- The Trump administration justifies its actions using US domestic laws, including a 2020 grand jury indictment for drug trafficking, rather than international law, marking a new strategy of prioritizing domestic legal frameworks over global rules.
- This operation reflects US exceptionalism, where the US enforces its laws extraterritorially, disregarding international law and relying on its capacity to manage or ignore international criticism.
- The US has increasingly used military and law enforcement measures against Venezuela, including targeting drug trafficking and seizing oil tank
