Overview
- Barley told ZDF Morgenmagazin that Washington is seeking to define the Western Hemisphere as its sphere of influence and called for EU cohesion and new allies.
- Twenty-six EU member states, excluding Hungary, issued a joint statement urging calm and respect for the will of Venezuelans as the path to restoring democracy.
- German leaders Friedrich Merz and Johann Wadephul called the situation legally complex and avoided labeling the U.S. action a breach of international law.
- Public international law scholar Christoph Safferling said the intervention violated Venezuela’s territorial sovereignty and political independence.
- Reporting describes President Trump’s so‑called Donroe Doctrine to assert U.S. dominance in Latin America and sideline Russia and China, as interim president Rodríguez signals readiness to work with Washington.