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Most (80%+) of the drugs (cocaine) that enter the US go through Ecuador's ports, the country your government is allied with. Daniel Noboa (president) uses his literal banana company to get the coke into Europe, even. You (CIA) did the same in Afghanistan.
You want Venezuela out because you want the oil, the slave labor to suppress US wages and to contain foreign influence in south America.
Also, you couldn't deal with the Houthis. It's far from certain you can deal with Venezuelans.