U.S. officials have demanded Venezuela supply at least a portion of oil exports to the United States as part of any agreement to ease oil trading sanctions on the OPEC member nation, two people close to the matter said.
there was also a Richard Branson "Help Venezuela" type event where it was obvious the US was trying to sneak in guns for their opposition employees and they were not allowed in, then the convoy got blown up, the US accused Venezuela, a few days later proof emerged that the convoy was blown up by the troops who had defected for Guaidó iirc
Didn’t trump send SF to blow up aid convoys or something and then got arrested?
that's the Silvercorps fiasco I think you're thinking of, where the merecenaries peed themselves after getting captured by fishermen
there was also a Richard Branson "Help Venezuela" type event where it was obvious the US was trying to sneak in guns for their opposition employees and they were not allowed in, then the convoy got blown up, the US accused Venezuela, a few days later proof emerged that the convoy was blown up by the troops who had defected for Guaidó iirc