Maduro: Captive and Sovereign

International law in flames

Callum McMichael explores the geopolitical shockwave unleashed when Nicolás Maduro was taken from Caracas to a Brooklyn prison cell.

Few figures embody defiance against hegemonic power as starkly as Nicolás Maduro. Captured on January 3, 2026, in a U.S.-led military operation codenamed “Absolute Resolve,” the Venezuelan president now sits in American cus…