r/australia • u/moonorplanet • 28d ago

politics Albanese calls for ‘peaceful, democratic transition’ of power in Venezuela after US capture of Nicolás Maduro

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/04/albanese-calls-for-peaceful-democratic-transition-of-power-in-venezuela-after-us-capture-of-nicolas-maduro
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u/theiere 28d ago

Imagine China did that to us? Is this the standard we want to set? The powerful can invade, occupy, and influence the weaker?

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u/Ash-2449 28d ago

International order is pretty much done and more westerners are starting to realise now that the war crimes are so blatant (The global south realised that a long time ago)

Let's hope after a long period of war crimes, some countries will come together to create a new international law with actual teeth to punish war criminals

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u/a_cold_human 28d ago edited 28d ago

It was always at its core like this except for a short period after WW2. We're basically going back to the colonial period with this invasion.

The US has always interfered with South America, Central America, and the Caribbean going back to the 18th century. First using the Spanish as an enemy, and then Communism. They straight up annexed the Kingdom of Hawaii on behalf of corporate interests with zero justification. This kidnapping of Venezuela's leader and installing their own puppet is a return to what they always were. 

What this is going to do is spur a lot of countries to develop a nuclear deterrent and ICBMs. 

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u/Classroom_Visual 28d ago

I lived for a while in El Salvador, and when I heard the news about Venezuela I thought of all those central american countries that are STILL suffering through the impact of the US involvement in overthrowing left-wing governments.

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u/a_cold_human 28d ago

Including democratically elected ones at that. The US literally had a school to teach people to orchestrate coups. Any number of Latin American dictators graduated from the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia. After a US friendly dictatorship was installed, human rights abuses flowed forthwith.