It’s Maduro Who Dragged Venezuela and the Region to this Critical Juncture | Caracas Chronicles
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It’s Maduro Who Dragged Venezuela and the Region to this Critical Juncture | Caracas Chronicles
Maduro’s alliances with those American foes presented a clear challenge to Trump’s revived Monroe Doctrine that America should control its own “backyard”. Now that he has waded in with a dramatic show of military force, the US president has the responsibility for what comes next.
Similarities between Maduro and the invasion of Panama in 1989
Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter says:
All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United
Ramsey warned that even if the strikes lead to defections and eventually the fall of the regime, multiple pro-government armed groups in the country could challenge a new government and contribute to a bloody outcome that would look something like Libya after the 2011 fall of Muammar Qaddafi.
Jonathan Lemire • The U.S. Is Preparing for War in Venezuela
I've been doing some digging, and the real target of the Venezuela attack was not China, it was Cuba.
Here's it is:
First, we can probably assume that one of the key architects of this plan was Marco Rubio. Rubio is one of the smartest and most competent members of the current... See more
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Power dynamics in post-Maduro Venezuela, Trump administration leverage, oil interests, and on-the-ground authoritarian continuity and reactions
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But in terms of who controls Venezuela, I mean, on the ground, the elements of statecraft remain in the hands of Desi Rodriguez and the folks in power there.
The question that you're pointing to, of course, is under what conditions are they in power? And to what extent is the Trump administration's threats of, you know, doing to Delcy something
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