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Developments in Venezuela will have a wide-ranging impact on the influence of US policy in the world and especially on US relations with countries in conflict with it, being an extraordinary punitive example.
The United States has taken a decisive step to bring Venezuela under control, overthrowing the country's disputed president and his wife and taking them to the United States.
The operation, which was preceded by harsh warnings from President Trump, who viewed Venezuela as a center for drug trafficking to the American market, was followed by several strikes against suspected drug trafficking targets in the region and ended today with the attack on the capital and the capture of President Maduro and his wife.
Part of the American rhetoric against Venezuela has been the legitimacy of President Maduro, the standard of democracy and the rule of law, as well as the violation of human rights, which has led to sanctions on several key figures in the Maduro government, who have been declared "non grata" by the US.
But beyond that, the US has also imposed a series of sanctions on Venezuela's energy resources that limit exports and aim to control the energy sector.
Above all, the US is concerned about the influence of China, Russia, and Iran in Venezuela, including military, economic, and technological cooperation.
China is Venezuela's main oil customer. About 80% of total Venezuelan oil exports go to China, either through direct contracts or through intermediaries. Imports in recent years have been in the hundreds of thousands of barrels per day: e.g. about 600,000–750,000 barrels per day, compared to the 222,000 barrels per day of crude oil that the United States received from Venezuela through 2024. If political barriers and sanctions are removed and a government more loyal to the United States comes to power, then Venezuela could become a major oil supply partner.
Developments in Venezuela will have a wide-ranging impact on the influence of US policy in the world and especially on US relations with countries in conflict with it, being an extraordinary punitive example. Although the decision will open many debates about the legitimacy of the attack, it will divide the world for and against the US, not so much on international standards as on the sphere of US influence in the world.
Albania and Kosovo are under the sphere of American influence as its allies. Although from a geopolitical point of view we do not have the energy reserves of Venezuela and we are far from Russian and Chinese influence, the US has sanctioned a number of politicians and businessmen as "non grata" to avoid their influence on the leading policies of our countries and has warned that the sanctions policy will continue mainly against leaders who undermine democracy and stability in the Balkans.
The intervention in Venezuela further strengthens the lack of prospects for "non grata" politicians in the Balkans and makes us important as an ally, not because we have oil or other natural resources, but because we are part of a region where the US currently seeks to maintain its influence against unfriendly major powers.
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