<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> United States </Th> <Th> Venezuela </Th> </Tr> <P> United States--Venezuela relations are the bilateral relations between the United States of America and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela . Relations have traditionally been characterized by an important trade and investment relationship and cooperation in combating the production and transit of illegal drugs . Relations were strong under conservative governments in Venezuela, like that of Rafael Caldera . However, tensions increased after the socialist President Hugo Chávez assumed elected office in 1999 . Tensions between the countries increased after Venezuela accused the administration of George W. Bush of supporting the Venezuelan failed coup attempt in 2002 against Chavez . Venezuela broke off diplomatic relations with the U.S. in September 2008 in solidarity with Bolivia after a U.S. ambassador was accused of cooperating with violent anti-government groups in that country, though relations were reestablished under President Barack Obama in June 2009 . In February 2014, the Venezuelan government ordered three American diplomats to leave the country on charges of promoting violence . </P> <P> The Venezuela Crisis of 1902--03 saw a naval blockade of several months imposed against Venezuela by Britain, Germany and Italy over President Cipriano Castro's refusal to pay foreign debts and damages suffered by European citizens in a recent Venezuelan civil war . Castro assumed that the United States' Monroe Doctrine would see that the U.S. prevent European military intervention, but at the time the U.S. saw the Doctrine as concerning European seizure of territory, rather than intervention per se . Though U.S. Secretary of State, Elihu Root, characterized Castro as a "crazy brute" or a "monkey", President Theodore Roosevelt was concerned with the prospects of penetration into the region by Germany . With Castro failing to back down under U.S. pressure and increasingly negative British and American press reactions to the affair, the blockading nations agreed to a compromise, but maintained the blockade during negotiations over the details . This incident was a major driver of the Roosevelt Corollary and the subsequent U.S. Big Stick policy and Dollar Diplomacy in Latin America . </P>

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