On January 3, the US launched an attack on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and kidnapped President Nicols Maduro.While the legal assessment appears largely undisputed (see here, here, here; denying an armed attack, Safferling), the analysis of the factual background lacks clarity.US President Donald Trump publicly claimed that the invasion of Venezuela took place inter alia because of oil and other resources.This ends the US approach of pursuing economic interests under the guise of promoting democracy.Given the blatant lies of the past, this unusual candor of US officials could in principle be appreciated, but it must be questioned.This blog post argues that oil and resources only indirectly guided the invasion, and that a comprehensive understanding requires an analysis based on geoeconomics and its consequences for global peace.The invasion has to do with the US dollar and the US' fundamental debt problem-which seem to create an ever-stronger necessity for violating global peace.
Joel S. Bella (Thu,) studied this question.