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The abduction of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro from Venezuela\u2019s capital has set off extensive debates about its\u00a0legality. International law<\/a> scholars overwhelmingly assume that, regardless of its\u00a0constitutionality, the action violated Venezuela\u2019s sovereignty. In fact, there are strong\u00a0international legal justifications for the operation. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Indeed, at first glance, the invasion and abduction<\/a> of Maduro would seem to be a “use of\u00a0force…against the …political independence of any state,” in the language of the UN Charter Art.\u00a02(4). However, this is true when the attacked state’s government objects (as is typically the case).\u00a0If the attacked state’s government consents, there is no violation of sovereignty, and this is the\u00a0common case of what is known as “interventions” and military assistance. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Certainly Maduro and his vice president strongly object to the U.S. operation. But, the United\u00a0States “does not recognize Nicol\u00e1s Maduro as the president of Venezuela,” a policy established\u00a0by then-Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. So his lack of consent is irrelevant from Washington’s\u00a0perspective.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Instead, since the Biden administration, the U.S. has recognized Gonzalez<\/a>, the winner of the\u00a02024 elections, as the legitimate head of the government. Gonzalez has certainly not opposed the\u00a0operation. Instead, his sole public response has been to say, “Venezuelans, these are decisive\u00a0hours, know that we are ready for the great operation of the reconstruction of our nation,” while\u00a0reposting a statement by Maria Corina Machado, the Nobel Prize laureate and opposition leader,\u00a0that “the hour of freedom has arrived.” That could certainly be seen as consent, and even\u00a0endorsement for the operation. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Some may object that the legality of the operation should not depend on America\u2019s own\u00a0recognition or non-recognition. But in international law, there can be no other way, as any\u00a0dealing with a foreign entity requires making determinations about who its government is.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For\u00a0example, when the United States intervened militarily in Haiti in 1991 at the behest of deposed\u00a0President Aristide, it was based on the judgement that the military junta was not the lawful\u00a0government in Port-au-Prince. When the U.S. decides whether to assist Taiwan<\/a> in the event of a\u00a0Chinese invasion, it would have to be based on a prior decision that the Chinese Communist Party\u00a0is not the lawful government of the island. \u00a0<\/p>\n

In international law, each country makes such decisions by itself. This, of course, leaves the door\u00a0open for abuse, as when Russia invaded Crimea at the purported bequest of ousted Ukrainian\u00a0President Yanukovych. But this is inevitable in international law, where, lacking any central\u00a0authority, in most situations, countries are left to interpret for themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In the present context, there is no concern that the non-recognition of the Maduro regime is\u00a0opportunistic, as the position was first adopted by the Biden administration, which clearly was not contemplating military action. Moreover, many other countries, from Canada and Argentina\u00a0to Italy and France, recognize Gonzalez as the legitimate president. By contrast, very few states\u00a0recognize Maduro\u2019s de jure rule. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Alternatively, it could be that Venezuela could have no recognized government, which\u00a0technically means there is no one who could consent to foreign intervention. This is a fairly harsh\u00a0and formalist implication of legal doctrine, as, in practice, such countries are ones quite likely to\u00a0create harmful externalities for third-world countries, who in this view would have no recourse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Given the bipartisan U.S. view that Maduro is not actually president, and that his regime control\u00a0was heavily supported by foreign troops (dozens of Cuban security forces died resisting the U.S.\u00a0operation, Hezbollah has reportedly been welcomed as well), the action to remove him would not\u00a0be against the “political independence” of Venezuela, and thus not implicate Article 2(4) at all. It\u00a0would be odd to read 2(4) as allowing foreign powers to use troops to prop up an illegitimate,\u00a0unelected dictator, but not to remove him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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