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Good question.
The fact that Venezuela is turning more "red" doesn't bother the "free traders" in the white house. The fact that south America is turning communist doesn't bother them, as long as they can make their "free trade" treaties and get slave labor or very low cost labor for their businesses. You see, the "free traders" set China up as a shining example of how doing business with communists and it has made them extremely wealthy. Arguably, south America veering into communism is in their favor as well.