La coerción internacional y la transformación del orden jurídico-político global: el caso Venezuela-Estados Unidos como precedente estructural.
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Coerción internacional, sanciones económicas, soberanía estatal, multilateralismo, derechos humanosResumen
Este artículo examina críticamente el caso Venezuela–Estados Unidos como un precedente estructural de coerción internacional, evaluando sus implicaciones para el orden jurídico-político global contemporáneo. Desde la perspectiva del derecho internacional público, analiza la compatibilidad de las medidas coercitivas unilaterales, especialmente las sanciones económicas, con los principios de soberanía estatal, no intervención, multilateralismo y protección de los derechos humanos. La investigación adopta un enfoque cualitativo con un diseño analítico-descriptivo y crítico, sustentado en la metodología jurídico-dogmática contenida poránea. Se emplea un estudio de caso crítico basado en el análisis sistemático de normas internacionales, resoluciones de las Naciones Unidas, jurisprudencia internacional, práctica estatal reciente y doctrina científica actualizada del período 2024–2025. Los resultados evidencian la normalización de la coerción económica unilateral como instrumento ordinario de política exterior, junto con un debilitamiento progresivo del multilateralismo y del sistema de seguridad colectiva. Asimismo, se identifican impactos estructurales en el goce efectivo de los derechos humanos, especialmente económicos, sociales y culturales, derivados de los efectos extraterritoriales de las sanciones. Se concluye que este caso constituye un precedente replicable que refleja una transformación de la soberanía estatal y promueve un excepcionalismo normativo en el derecho internacional contemporáneo.
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