Venezuela should be one of the easiest countries to mangage.
They do not have a mongrelized society like ours, they have about the same population as Saudi Arabia and have as many oil reserves.
The people are basically adhering to the same religion, they have a great climate and don't need an offensive military.
Seriously I don't know how you could screw up that country into it's present situation even through incompetence, unless a combination of socialism , greed, drugs and rank and file stupidity have all come together to do it. - Tom