Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - Mai i te timatanga o te whakahaere a George W. Bush i te tau 2001, kua kino haere te whanaungatanga i waenga i a Venezuela me te United States, i te mea i tino whakahe te Perehitini o Venezuela a Hugo Chávez ki te kaupapa here a US. E mōhiotia ana a Chávez mō tana kōrero whakahē ki a Amerika. I roto i tētahi kōrero ki te UN General Assembly, ka mea a Chávez i whakatairanga a Bush i "te manapori teka o te hunga rangatira" me te "manapori o ngā poma". I whakahe a Chávez ki te whakaekenga a U.S. ki Iraq i te 2003. I whakahe ano a Chávez i te whakaekenga hōia a NATO i Libya
, e kii ana he ngana na te Hauauru me te US ki te whakahaere i te hinu i Libya.