DEBATE: Should the U.S. Militarily Intervene in Venezuela to Support Democracy?
For three decades, Venezuela’s political opposition to the U.S. has prompted sanctions, political recognition battles, and calls for regime change. Advocates of intervention argue that the U.S. has a moral duty to defend democratic legitimacy and deter authoritarian consolidation; critics warn that military action would violate sovereignty, worsen a humanitarian disaster, and repeat the failures of past interventions in the Americas. What does international law permit? Would regional support materialize or backlash? And would force actually improve Venezuelans’ lives? This debate at the SoHo Playhouse in New York City will stage the strongest cases on both sides to separate principle from wishful thinking.
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