Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tun farkon gwamnatin George W. Bush a shekara ta 2001, alaƙar da ke tsakanin Venezuela da Amurka ta lalace sosai, yayin da Shugaban Venezuela Hugo Chávez ya zama mai sukar manufofin Amurka na kasashen waje. An san Chávez da maganganun sa na adawa da Amurka. A wani jawabi a Babban Taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, Chávez ya ce Bush ya inganta "democracy na ƙarya na fitattu" da kuma "democracy of bombs". Chávez ya yi adawa da mamayar da Amurka ta jagoranta a Iraki a 2003. Chávez ya kuma yi Allah wadai da
NATO ta jagoranci aikin soja a Libya, yana kiranta da yunkurin Yammacin Turai da Amurka don sarrafa man fetur a Libya.