Or they'll say what's happening in Venezuela is due to some American scheme to take down their government (like some have ridiculously claimed about Brazil).

The life of Latin American wannabe dictators is so easy. When things go wrong, just blame the imperialists.

If we don't pretend that macCarthysm is still the main US doctrine against LatAm, would you say the same? Venezuela, together with Brasil, Argentina and other lá countries, are in a atruggle of years with their National bourgeois financed by US elite.