US EditionPetraeus Outlines Trump Administration’s Challenges in Venezuela
Maduro was captured in a US military operation in Caracas and faces drug-trafficking and narco-terrorism charges in New York, marking an unprecedented extraterritorial enforcement action.
- On January 3, U.S. military forces entered Nicolás Maduro's Caracas presidential compound, apprehended him, and flew him to the United States where the U.S. Department of Justice announced drug trafficking charges.
- The Trump administration says it acted because it alleges Venezuelan government and military run drug networks, while Republican hawks, including Marco Rubio, pushed regime change and a 2020 US grand jury indictment shaped the legal approach.
- It is unprecedented that a foreign head of state was processed in the US within 24 hours, as US authorities paraded Maduro and his wife in New York after months of small boat strikes and tanker seizures.
- Venezuela faces uncertain change, as Maduro's ousting may not topple entrenched institutions; much of the Venezuelan governmental and military apparatus remains intact, likely passing power to a successor figure within the regime.
- Context-first: Relying on US domestic law to justify overseas seizures challenges international legal norms, as the Trump administration's use of US domestic law sidesteps international bases and risks backlash from NATO and ANZUS treaty partners.
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Trump’s intervention in Venezuela: The 3 warnings for the world
The January 3 US military operation in Venezuela seizing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro, was in equal measure audacious and illegal under international law. It’s even more breathtaking that the Trump administration now says it “will run” Venezuela on an interim basis. The US will also seek to control […] The post Trump’s intervention in Venezuela: The 3 warnings for the world appeared first on Interaksyon.
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America First ReportTrump Outlines His Plans for Venezuela After Maduro’s Capture
WASHINGTON—After U.S. military forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro over the weekend, attention has turned to what comes next for the country that has lived under socialist rule for more than 25 years. President Donald Trump has spoken about his long-term goals for Venezuela, but for now, his focus remains on tackling short-term challenges. Holding fair and free elections and restoring a democratic government will take time, he said,…
Petraeus outlines Trump administration’s challenges in Venezuela
Retired Gen. David Petraeus, a former CIA director and former head of U.S. Central Command, on Monday outlined the challenges he believes the Trump administration will face in Venezuela after the capture of the country’s leader, Nicolás Maduro. “Presumably there’s a large team being put together that has expertise in all different areas of governance…
What the Trump administration’s capture of Maduro could mean for international law
From the smoldering wreckage of two catastrophic world wars in the last century, nations came together to build an edifice of international rules and laws. The goal was to prevent such sprawling conflicts in the future.
The rules-based international order faces growing tensions following the capture of Nicolás Maduro by the US, raising fears of further interventions and erosion of international law.
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