"The dramatic seizure of Nicolas Maduro from Caracas by US forces, to face trial in New York, has sent diplomatic shock waves around the world. For European leaders, it has exposed an uncomfortable dilemma: how to welcome the removal of an authoritarian ruler without endorsing an action that many legal experts say tramples over international law. Politicians in opposition, of course, are freer to speak their minds."
"In the UK, the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, said that where the legal certainty is not yet clear, morally I do think it was the right thing to do, while Liberal Democrat Ed Davey demanded that Keir Starmer condemn what he unequivocally described as an illegal action in Venezuela. That freedom is not always afforded to those in power, whose calculations are shaped by the realpolitik of international diplomacy."
US forces seized Nicolas Maduro in Caracas and transported him to New York to face trial, triggering diplomatic shockwaves. European leaders broadly welcomed the end of Maduro's rule while avoiding explicit endorsement of the US operation. Many expressed concern that the operation may violate international law, creating a dilemma between moral support for regime change and legal/diplomatic constraints. Opposition politicians voiced clearer opinions, with Kemi Badenoch calling the action morally right amid legal uncertainty and Ed Davey urging condemnation as illegal. Governments emphasized the need for a peaceful, democratic transition and exhibited cautious, coded language reflecting limited leverage and realpolitik calculations.
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