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The riots I speak of long precede the sanctions and were the catalyst for sanctions to begin in the Obama administration.
So, no.
DaveFagan is not correct.
The US has been working to overthrow the government in Venezuela from the early 2000s. It did not stop during the Obama admin
As in Chile the US was trying to prevent Allende from getting elected for years, and once elected worked hard to get him out of office. Overall a multi year operation.
The same thing occurred in the Ukraine, the US had a multi year push to change the government in Ukraine to one less friendly to Russia, going back to before the Orange Revolution in 2004-05