Photo courtesy of Harvey Wallbanger “The true test of international law is not how it restrains the weak, but whether it can restrain the powerful.” In an extraordinary and unprecedented escalation of global geopolitics, the US launched a large scale military operation in Venezuela in the early hours of January 3 resulting in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, whom US authorities transported to the US to face criminal charges. The operation stunned the world raising urgent legal, humanitarian and diplomatic questions that go far beyond Venezuela’s borders. More than a bilateral confrontation, the…
US Captures Venezuela’s President in Breach of International Law
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