Overview
- Amorim characterizes the U.S. action that seized Nicolás Maduro as a "forcible kidnapping" of a sitting president.
- He writes that unpredictability has become an instrument of power and intimidation in international relations.
- He warns that pillars of collective security, global trade rules, and human rights promotion are being eroded and compares the episode’s imagery to Saddam Hussein’s arrest.
- He urges Brazil to diversify partnerships, defend sovereignty and non‑intervention, and prioritize dialogue over foreign military intervention.
- He calls for reform of global institutions to expand Global South representation and says only open, law‑based multipolarity can prevent a slide into violence and anarchy.