Historically the most dangerous tool of the US empire has been internal coups, but that has conclusively been defeated by Venezuela

As a result the US is grudgingly resorting to some bungled military attempt, likely a bigger version of that merc invasion several years ago, that was defeated by local fishermen

Aside from a few exceptions, US military invasions fail when targeting large countries; the jungles of southern and eastern Venezuela are impervious to US power projection, the Colombian border (which is only viable route to invade Venezuela) is closed and the northern coast is protected by a massive mountain range and dense, large, pro regime cities and towns

As a result the US will be forced to rely on air power and naval bombardment to damage the the revolutionary state

The logistical equation is fairly obvious in this case, it would require a decade of sustained warfare with the deployment of hundreds of thousands of troops to overcome the militia networks and the sheer geography of Venezuela

And the first dead Venezuelan child by a US bomb or bullet will gureentee the long overdue obliteration of the opposition for generations