The Monroe Doctrine is over 200 years old and simple enough for your average dictator to understand. Don't expect the US to turn a blind eye to investments in key strategic assets of your country by its strategic rivals.

I don't think it's a coincidence that a special envoy of Xi met Maduro hours before being captured. It was probably the final straw.

Yeah, it's a long list. https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/main/us_atrocities...

And a list of the wider world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...

It's a long read but that should not be a surprise to most people.