> It has few serious military threats from its neighbors The U.S. military is 'full spectrum dominance', including coup attempts, as in the 2002 coup attempt.

> It has few serious military threats from its neighbors The U.S. military is 'full spectrum dominance', including coup attempts, as in the 2002 coup attempt. Team Bush has not been gone long in the bigger scheme of things, and Team Bush 2 (Obama) seems to have sanctions on Venezuela. Sanctions is tantamount to a blockade or a siege, seen by some as an act of war even if no guns get fired. Venezuela's problem is that it wants to be a proper country rather than some Goldman Sachs managed vassal state.