The capture of Venezuela's leader by US forces has reignited a familiar and uncomfortable debate. Even if Washington believes its actions were justified, the operation raises serious doubts about respect for international law and the protections afforded to state sovereignty in an increasingly unstable world. This is not, of course, the first time
International law has always been a mix between showmanship, disregard and observance. Donald Trump is not the first US president to ignore international law but he is the first to show utter contempt and insensitivity to its importance in maintaining peace and a vanishing framework of order in the relations between states. For small, defenceless countries
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has said she wants to share her Nobel Peace Prize with Donald Trump, praising the US president’s role in the military intervention that led to the removal of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Speaking in an interview with Fox News, Machado described the ousting of Maduro as “a huge step for humanity,
From the smoldering wreckage of two catastrophic world wars in the last century, nations came together to build an edifice of international rules and laws. The goal was to prevent such sprawling conflicts in the future. Now that world order - centered at the United Nations headquarters in New York, near the courtroom where Nicolás Maduro was arraigned
Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro arrived at a New York court on Monday, just days after being seized in Caracas in a shock US military operation that paved the path for Washington's plans to control the oil-rich country. Maduro, 63, faces narcotrafficking charges along with his wife, Cilia Flores. The pair were forcibly taken out of Caracas
Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to make his first appearance Monday in an American courtroom on the narco-terrorism charges the Trump administration used to justify capturing him and bringing him to New York. Maduro and his wife are expected to appear at noon before a judge for a brief, but required, legal proceeding that will likely