As democratic backsliding accelerates around the world, solidarity across borders has become more important than ever. Yet solidarity is not always practiced in ways that help those who are facing authoritarian rule. International debates often fall into simplified narratives that frame crises as a binary choice between sovereignty and intervention, as if people on the ground or in exile could easily make such a choice. These framings overlook the complex realities experienced by the people living inside those crises. The case of Venezuela illustrates this problem clearly.
