Venezuela blowback may have a long fuse. They always do.

In 1927, Augusto Cesar Sandino began an insurgent campaign against the U.S. occupation of Nicaragua. Under orders from President Calvin Coolidge, the U.S. Marines had intervened in Nicaragua to settle a civil war between a conservative government and liberal rebels. In his manifesto, Sandino responded by effectively declaring war on the United States. He also specifically denounced former liberal leaders who had agreed to put down their arms in the face of U.S. intervention. Speaking of General Moncada, the leading liberal officer who had agreed to end his revolt in talks convened by future Se