US Declared a 'Rogue State' by International Relations Expert After Venezuela Intervention

Unprecedented Intervention in Venezuela

• 🇻🇪 The US, under President Trump, has intervened in Venezuela by detaining leader Nicholas Maduro and stating the US will run the country until a transition.
• 🤯 This action is described as astonishing and breathtaking, even when compared to past American interventions in Latin America, such as the 1989 invasion of Panama.
• ⚖️ A key difference noted is the brazen disregard for international law, with no attempt to justify the intervention within UN or OAS charters.

US Control and Venezuelan Politics

• 🚫 The US has no legal right to run Venezuela, a sovereign country, and is not occupying it.
• 🤔 The US appears to be hoping that Maduro's vice president, Deli Rodriguez, will act as a Trump proxy, running Venezuela in American interests.
• ❓ However, it's unclear if Rodriguez can consolidate power or if she will indeed rule in the US's interest, despite potential inside help and CIA penetration of the Venezuelan government.

Contradictory Reports and Backchannel Deals

• 🎭 Trump claimed Rodriguez agreed to do America's bidding, but she publicly demanded Maduro's release, insisting he is the only president.
• 🤝 This public posturing may mask a backchannel deal where the regime agreed to give up Maduro to avoid invasion, allowing the regime to perpetuate itself.
• 📉 The opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, and her proxy Edmundo Gonzalez are seen as the big losers in this scenario, left out in the short term.

The End of the Rules-Based Order?

• 📉 The international rules-based order has been in crisis for a long time, with the US now seen as the principal architect and a revisionist power.
• 🌍 Many in the global south have long viewed the US skeptically due to a history of interventions and rule-breaking.
• 🇺🇸 The Trump movement (MAGA) has overtly stated the rules-based order isn't working for the US, leading to an open willingness to revise rules and act in immediate self-interest, thus presenting the US as a rogue state.