The Trump regime seems to be using the US Embassy in Caracas as human bait, for Maduro to snap at--thus providing the casus belli for US military intervention. Meanwhile, Venezuela is mobilizing its massive militia, to support the Venezuelan military in repelling a US invasion. We'll see what happens when the 72-hr ultimatum is up. Trump has been discussing this with his aides for some time. And he just may view US intervention as a way of boosting his sagging poll numbers; as well as taking away public attention fro the Mueller investigation.

Foreign interference in US politics (whether real or imaginary) = BAD
US interference in foreign politics (certainly real) = GOOD

Relations between the U.S. and Venezuela have quickly soured after President Trump officially recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a socialist, has declared he is ending diplomatic relations with the U.S. and is giving U.S. diplomats 72 hours to vacate the country, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.

We have a long and tainted history of this. Ironic now that we have had the tables turned and people are now up in arms.