Three Key Lessons from the US's Venezuela Intervention

Three Key Lessons from the US’s Venezuela Intervention

01/06/2026 Ryan McMaken

The US’s bombing of Caracas reiterates three key foundations of American foreign policy: the Constitution is dead, democracy is irrelevant, and the “rule of law” doesn’t matter.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/three-key-lessons-uss-venezuela-intervention

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