For decades the leadership of Venezuela and many other countries have been outright accusing the United States of sabotaging the economic and social welfare of the country in order to install right wing despots and control the country by proxy. Of potential interest is the large amount of natural resourses in the region, which is how the U.s. Managed to make Europe reliant on fossil fuels from the Middle East. Much like in the cases of South Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq, the goal seems to be to establish a foothold in the continenent not just for the sake of controlling that particular state but also nations around it. Looking at the presidential candidates stances on Venezuela as well as their reactions to the fabricated crimes the NYT has exposed it seems that the establishment candidates on both sides of the political spectrum as well as kamala Harris, who is a progressive suspiciously critical of successful progressive messages have spent significant amounts of time in the last decade singling out Venezuela despite the state of affairs only taking a sharp turn for the worse more recently. I believe that because of the state of affairs and the exposé featured in the new york times it's more likely that other occurances like the nationwide power outage can safely be assumed to be the work of the United States. Furthermore, the U.s. Has a well documented history of doing exactly this in the cases of Vietnam and Iraq, so this doesn't strike me as much of a leap of faith as much as it does a reasonable expectation.
the u.s. has been planning a coop in Venezuela for some time, and NYTs recent exposé suggests the justifications are being fabricated