When Drugs Corrupt States, Should International Law Surrender?

We must face the reality squarely, without detours or naivety: Venezuela is not merely a fallen authoritarian regime; it is a state deeply infiltrated by drug trafficking. For years, drugs have permeated the power structures, corrupted the military, bought political loyalties, neutralized institutions, and transformed part of the state apparatus into a criminal economy. Cocaine routes, complicity at the highest levels, and security apparatuses...