Trump’s Venezuela Operation: The Evidence Gap, International Law and America’s Imperial Reach
The Trump administration says its dramatic operation against Venezuela was justified by criminal and security concerns. But the evidence remains scant.
No detailed proof of alleged drug trafficking has been made public, and US agencies themselves acknowledge Venezuela is not a significant producer of fentanyl. Yet the United States has seized President Nicolás Maduro, raising urgent questions about sovereignty, jurisdiction and the future of international law.
Journalist Alex Skopic, Associate Editor at Current Affairs joins Tina Quinn on 2SER Breakfast to examine the gaps in Washington’s justification, consider whether international law still has any force when great powers act unilaterally, and place this moment in the long history of US imperial intervention, from Latin America to the present day.