~ Tom EngelhardtVenezuela, the Revival of Regime Change… and the Decline of EmpireBy William D. HartungThe Trump administration’s exercise in armed regime change in Venezuela should have come as no surprise. Trump’s rush to war in Latin America is a phenomenon that, until recently, seemed long over. In the meantime, Trump has already suggested that he might entertain the idea of launching military strikes on neighboring Colombia. Aggression in Latin AmericaThe Trump administration’s attempt to control Latin America and intimidate its leaders and citizens is, of course, nothing new. The Costs of War Project at Brown University estimates that the taxpayer obligations flowing from those conflicts exceeded $8 trillion.