After the U.S. intervention, the capture of Nicolás Maduro, and the establishment of an interim government led by Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela is in a state of profound transformation. Describing Washington’s de facto control over Caracas, American journalist Anne Applebaum considers these events not merely as regime change, but as the revival of a politics of hard geopolitical domination. What does a lack of transparency in the actions of a superpower lead to, and why does the refusal to recognize the agency of small states actually weaken the strong?
«The Would-Be Masters of the Western Hemisphere Do Not Seem to Feel Any Need for Logic»
Anne Applebaum on why Trump’s actions in Venezuela will only weaken the United States