Spain’s Prime Minister faces political collapse

Spain condemned what it called a violation of international law in Venezuela, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wrote in a letter sent to members of his Socialist Party on Sunday after U.S. President Donald Trump's raid to capture Nicolas Maduro.

His comments went further than his remarks on Saturday in which he said he would not recognise the intervention.

The Socialists' hard-left coalition partner Sumar had urged the government to condemn the U.S. strikes that resulted in the Venezuelan president's capture, with party sources describing it as an act of imperialist piracy against a member state of the United Nations.

Sanchez's letter described the "violation of international law in Venezuela, an act that we strongly condemn".

Trump says Maduro masterminded the flow of drugs into the U.S. and was illegitimately in power due to vote-rigging. Maduro denies those claims and officials in Caracas have demanded his release.

Spain is home to the largest Venezuelan migrant population outside Latin America and the U.S., and they include senior opposition figures such as Edmundo Gonzalez and Leopoldo Lopez.

Pedro Sanchez is unpopular with a majority of Spaniards. He has managed to remain in power thanks to the support of the far left.
His position on Venezuela is therefore not surprising. He is also excessive on another issue: Israel.

Since the massacres of October 7, 2023, Sanchez has shown open hostility toward Israel. Worse still, his behavior can be described as antisemitic.

On the domestic political front, Pedro Sanchez no longer has any credibility. The same applies on the European and international stage.