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Sarah Heathcote, Honorary Associate Professor in International Law, Australian National University

Were the US actions in Venezuela legal under international law? An expert explains

United States President Donald Trump has said the US will “run” Venezuela until a new government is installed, following the US military intervention in the country’s capital, Caracas.

American forces have seized Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, and brought the pair to the US to face what Trump has described as a “narco-terrorism” trial.

This follows months of build-up of US military forces in the region.

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