<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Kusukela kwaqala ukubusa kukaGeorge W. Bush ngo-2001, ubudlelwano phakathi kweVenezuela ne-United States baba bubi kakhulu, njengoba uMongameli waseVenezuela uHugo Chávez wagxeka kakhulu inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US. UChávez uye waziwa ngezinkulumo zakhe eziphikisana neMelika. Enkulumweni yakhe eMkhandlwini-jikelele we-UN, uChávez wathi uBush wakhuthaza umbuso wentando yeningi wamanga wezikhulu kanye nentando yeningi yamabhomu. UChávez wayemelene nokuhlasela kwe-Iraq okwakuholwa i-U.S. ngo-2003. UChávez futhi wagxeka ukungenelela kwezempi okuholwa yiNATO eLibya  <response>: , liyibiza ngokuthi umzamo weNtshonalanga ne-U.S. wokulawula uwoyela eLibya. 