THE ROLE OF PERSONAL PRESTIGE IN DONALD TRUMP’S FOREIGN POLICY DECISION-MAKING: THE CASE OF VENEZUELA

The paper analyses the US intervention in Venezuela in 2026 from the perspective of prestige policy, seeking to show that security, economic, and value-based explanations are insufficient to understand the decision of the Donald Trump administration. In this context, the arguments about the fight against “narco-terrorism”, the spread of democracy, the economic interest in Venezuelan oil, and th...