The intervention of the United States in Venezuela reactivated in Latin America and Europe a foreign policy marked by peripheral realism: caution, adaptation to power, and the rhetorical defense of principles without direct confrontation.

Beneath yesterday’s moral rhetoric and Trump’s barefaced cynicism today, the powers once again lay bare an uncomfortable truth: without rules or disguises, the United States presents itself as a global gendarme in the service of its own interests.

When Nicolás Maduro challenged the world with a “Come get me!”, he did not imagine that this shout would mark the beginning of the end of his power and open an uncertain transition for Venezuela.

Trade pressures from the United States, disguised as bilateral agreements, erode multilateralism and deepen Latin America's economic vulnerability.

Initial support for Trump's anti-immigrant policy is beginning to erode, as U.S. public opinion accepts border control but rejects methods that violate human rights and dignity.

The United States’ withdrawal from multilateralism accelerates the fragmentation of the inter-American system and opens a “post-American” scenario in which China advances amid weakened regional governance.