It sure looks like the events in Venezuela got the attention of the Arab oil producers and the Iranians. Signal being sent them is the USA got rid of Chavez and you might be next. At minimum we will fund insurgents and tribes that will rise up and fight you. You bother us and we will find ways to bother you.
The CIA is once again a player. The USA extends it reach to South America today and tomorrow the MidEast
Axis of Sanity bump.