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The CIA's been at war with Venezuela since they fucked up the coup in 2002. A bit like how we've effectively been at war with Cuba and Nicaragua nearly-continuously since their independence movements booted out the bulk of the US-friendly corporate shills and mafia allies.
Bolivia's been under similar pressure, with coup attempts occurring every five to ten years. Then you've got US interventions in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Columbia, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Guam...
Hard to name a country south of the border that hasn't been subjected to the sharp end of US foreign policy. If Venezuela is notable, it is primarily because of how poorly these interventions have been received. If you can't shoe-horn in a semi-popular candidate via domestic insurgency and rigged local elections, only thing left to do is flatten the place with bombs, I guess.