[Question_Assumptions]

Look, people keep claiming that American's are imperialist and manipulate Latin American countries. OK. Fine. Now that we don't have Soviet expansion to worry about, if they want to ruin their countries by becomming communist, let them.

[Hope from Venezuela]

"Look, people keep claiming that American's are imperialist and manipulate Latin American countries. OK. Fine. Now that we don't have Soviet expansion to worry about, if they want to ruin their countries by becomming communist, let them."

That would be fine if the Venezuelan people want communism. The problem with your theory is that 80% of Venezuelans want to live in a US-like democracy.