We have entered 2026 in a world marked by radical choices, where the logic of international relations appears to have shifted decisively toward unilateral power, rather than the multilateralism of recent decades. Donald Trump\u2019s second term in the White House has marked this transition: an explicit return to power politics, where \u201cthe strongest decide,\u201d at the expense of shared rules that had long sought to govern state relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A first striking symbol of this shift<\/strong> emerged in early 2026 with the U.S. military operation in Venezuela, which led to the capture of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his partner, transported to the U.S. to face criminal charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington\u2019s move\u2014including attacks on Venezuelan military infrastructure and the extraction operation targeting Maduro\u2014sparked diplomatic shocks across major world capitals. International organizations such as the UN have already scrutinized the legality of this action, while powers like Russia, China, and several Latin American countries have denounced it as a violation of sovereignty and international law. Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nA historic and controversial precedent<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n