{"id":42083,"date":"2026-01-13T12:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=42083"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:45:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:45:35","slug":"op-ed-what-does-us-intervention-in-venezuela-mean-for-czechia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/op-ed-what-does-us-intervention-in-venezuela-mean-for-czechia\/","title":{"rendered":"Koment\u00e1\u0159: Co znamen\u00e1 americk\u00fd z\u00e1sah ve Venezuele pro \u010cesko?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"42083\" class=\"elementor elementor-42083\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b1e1132 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b1e1132\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fa1707a\" data-id=\"2fa1707a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1394b91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1394b91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-1394b91{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-476fa440 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"476fa440\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Foto: generov\u00e1no AI<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4cf928cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4cf928cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-197939ae\" data-id=\"197939ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-17ede6ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17ede6ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c528501\" data-id=\"1c528501\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e1901fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e1901fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Obecn\u011b plat\u00ed, \u017ee konec dikt\u00e1tora, kter\u00fd n\u00e1sil\u00edm ukradl volby, je dobr\u00e1 zpr\u00e1va. O to v\u00edc, pokud jde o spojence na\u0161ich nep\u0159\u00e1tel \u2013 Ruska a \u010c\u00edny. Nicol\u00e1s Maduro jejich spojencem byl.<\/p><p>Dan\u00fd re\u017eim ale netvo\u0159il jen Maduro \u2013 \u0161lo o syst\u00e9m zkorumpovan\u00fdch gang\u016f. Proto nen\u00ed jist\u00e9, zdali po jeho \u00fanosu cel\u00e1 tato diktatura padne. Pravd\u011bpodobn\u011b lze o\u010dek\u00e1vat dlouh\u00e9 p\u0159etahov\u00e1n\u00ed o budouc\u00ed podobu venezuelsk\u00e9ho re\u017eimu mezi Washingtonem a oslaben\u00fdm Caracasem.<\/p><p>Pro \u010desk\u00e9 z\u00e1jmy jsou v t\u00e9to souvislosti podstatn\u00e1 n\u00e1sleduj\u00edc\u00ed hlediska:<\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Glob\u00e1ln\u00ed ropn\u00e1 karta<\/h2><p>Pokud by Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty z\u00edskaly kontrolu nad obrovsk\u00fdmi z\u00e1sobami venezuelsk\u00e9 ropy, otev\u0159ela by se jim mo\u017enost v\u00fdrazn\u011b ovliv\u0148ovat jej\u00ed glob\u00e1ln\u00ed cenu. To by v p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b politick\u00e9 v\u016fle \u2013 a ta u Donalda Trumpa zdaleka nen\u00ed samoz\u0159ejm\u00e1 \u2013 mohlo tvrd\u011b zas\u00e1hnout ruskou diktaturu. Netu\u0161\u00edme, zdali to ud\u011bl\u00e1. Ale v\u00edme, \u017ee se toho Kreml a jeho oligarchov\u00e9 ob\u00e1vaj\u00ed.<\/p><p>\u010c\u00edna dnes dov\u00e1\u017e\u00ed p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b 4 % sv\u00e9 spot\u0159eby ropy pr\u00e1v\u011b z Venezuely. I to je pro americkou strategii v\u00fdznamn\u00e1 p\u00e1ka pro budouc\u00ed tlak na Peking.<\/p><p>Je\u0161t\u011b citliv\u011bj\u0161\u00ed je situace Kuby, jej\u00ed\u017e energetick\u00e9 pot\u0159eby jsou na Venezuele z\u00e1visl\u00e9 a\u017e ze 40 %. Potenci\u00e1ln\u00ed americk\u00e1 kontrola nad venezuelskou ropou by tak Washingtonu umo\u017enila vyvinout na Havanu velk\u00fd tlak.<\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Region\u00e1ln\u00ed destabilizace<\/h2><p>Venezuela m\u00e1 zhruba 30 milion\u016f obyvatel. Dal\u0161\u00edch osm milion\u016f lid\u00ed z n\u00ed v posledn\u00ed dek\u00e1d\u011b uprchlo. Pokud by americk\u00fd z\u00e1sah v Caracasu vyvolal rozs\u00e1hlou vnit\u0159n\u00ed nestabilitu a n\u00e1sledn\u011b region\u00e1ln\u00ed uprchlickou krizi, Spojen\u00e9 st\u00e1ty by musely dlouhodob\u011bji p\u0159esunout \u010d\u00e1st sv\u00fdch vojensk\u00fdch i politick\u00fdch kapacit do Karibiku. To by znamenalo m\u00e9n\u011b americk\u00fdch zdroj\u016f v Evrop\u011b, co\u017e je z \u010desk\u00e9ho pohledu jednozna\u010dn\u011b nev\u00fdhodn\u00e9.<\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Moc s\u00edly nad pravidly<\/h2><p>Pro men\u0161\u00ed st\u00e1ty, jako je \u010cesko, je v\u017edy \u0161patnou zpr\u00e1vou, kdy\u017e velmoci ignoruj\u00ed mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed pr\u00e1vo a jednaj\u00ed \u010dist\u011b z pozice s\u00edly. Rusko a \u010c\u00edna to d\u011blaj\u00ed \u010d\u00edm d\u00e1l d\u016frazn\u011bji. Americk\u00fd z\u00e1sah poru\u0161uj\u00edc\u00ed suverenitu Venezuely je rovn\u011b\u017e p\u0159\u00edpadem takov\u00e9ho jedn\u00e1n\u00ed.<\/p><p>Znamen\u00e1 to, \u017ee to Rusko bude motivovat k dal\u0161\u00edmu poru\u0161ov\u00e1n\u00ed mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edho pr\u00e1va? Re\u00e1ln\u011b nikoli. Samoz\u0159ejm\u011b, \u017ee rusk\u00e1 propaganda americk\u00fd z\u00e1sah vyu\u017eije ve sv\u016fj prosp\u011bch. Chov\u00e1n\u00ed rusk\u00e9ho re\u017eimu je ale v praxi limitov\u00e1no pouze silov\u00fdm protitlakem a mechanismy odstra\u0161en\u00ed, nikoli samotn\u00fdmi pravidly mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edho pr\u00e1va. Ty rusk\u00fd re\u017eim ignoruje u\u017e dlouho.<\/p><p>Pos\u00edl\u00ed americk\u00fd \u00fatok \u010d\u00ednskou agresivitu? Op\u011bt: re\u00e1ln\u011b ne. \u010c\u00edna za\u00fato\u010d\u00ed na Tchaj-wan ve chv\u00edli, kdy si bude jist\u00e1, \u017ee p\u0159e\u017eije ekonomick\u00e9 d\u016fsledky takov\u00e9 operace. Z toho maj\u00ed \u010d\u00edn\u0161t\u00ed komunist\u00e9 nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed strach: \u017ee sice vojensky usp\u011bj\u00ed, ale n\u00e1sledn\u00fd ekonomick\u00fd \u0161ok rozlo\u017e\u00ed stabilitu re\u017eimu nebo legitimitu strany. Peking k tomu nepot\u0159ebuje \u017e\u00e1dnou z\u00e1minku ani mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed legitimaci odvozenou od americk\u00fdch krok\u016f v Karibiku. Samoz\u0159ejm\u011b, \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e1 propaganda americk\u00e9 kroky vyu\u017eije k tomu, aby se ospravedlnila, a\u017e se rozhodne ude\u0159it, ale nebude to tak, \u017ee by byl jej\u00ed \u00fatok umo\u017en\u011bn\u00fd americk\u00fdmi akcemi v Karibiku.<\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Co si tedy \u010cesko m\u00e1 z americk\u00e9 intervence ve Venezuele vz\u00edt?<\/h2><p>Bohu\u017eel \u017eijeme ve sv\u011bt\u011b, kde rozhoduje vojensk\u00e1 a ekonomick\u00e1 s\u00edla. A p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm ochota ji pou\u017e\u00edt. Jako men\u0161\u00ed st\u00e1t mus\u00edme prosazovat dodr\u017eov\u00e1n\u00ed mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edho pr\u00e1va. Z\u00e1rove\u0148 si ale mus\u00edme p\u0159iznat realitu, \u017ee to se vym\u00e1h\u00e1 pouze geopolitickou silou.<\/p><p>Proto je nezbytn\u00e9, aby \u010cesko vyd\u00e1valo 5 % HDP na obranu a celkovou odolnost st\u00e1tu, p\u0159ipravovalo se na mo\u017enost velk\u00e9 region\u00e1ln\u00ed v\u00e1lky, zbavilo se strategick\u00fdch z\u00e1vislost\u00ed na \u010c\u00edn\u011b, posilovalo vazby s p\u0159\u00e1telsk\u00fdmi velmocemi na\u0161eho regionu \u2013 vojensky s Polskem, ekonomicky s\u00a0N\u011bmeckem \u2013 a tvrd\u011b postupovalo proti dom\u00e1c\u00edm akt\u00e9r\u016fm spolupracuj\u00edc\u00edm s nep\u0159\u00edtelem.<\/p><p>Jinak nem\u00e1me \u0161anci ubr\u00e1nit sv\u00e9 kl\u00ed\u010dov\u00e9 z\u00e1jmy: suverenitu republiky, demokratick\u00e9 z\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed, bezpe\u010dnost regionu ani ekonomickou \u2013 a tedy ani soci\u00e1ln\u00ed \u2013 stabilitu<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: AI generated Foto: generov\u00e1no AI In general, the end of a dictator who stole elections by force is good news. 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