Recent developments following the United States’ military involvement in Venezuela have raised profound concerns regarding regional stability, international law, and the future of political autonomy in Latin America. The use of force on sovereign Venezuelan territory, including air strikes and the capture of a head of state, represents a significant escalation that exceeds established norms of international coexistence and reintroduces coercive practices in a region that has long sought to consolidate itself as a zone of peace.

Against this backdrop, the event report brought together key insights on U.S. strategy and the logic of hemispheric power; regional responses, fragmentation, and the crisis of autonomy; and the role of extra-regional actors in the emerging geopolitics of competition.