> head of a sovereign state

Err

> Since 2019, more than 50 countries, including the United States, have refused to recognize Maduro as Venezuela’s head of state.

Including the EU and its member states

> a country of 30+ million people

If those 30 M being the remainder after ~8 M fled the country (20% of the population) within the last 10 years, the „destabilization“ was already there.