This pretty much sums up chavez.
"That's enough ... from you, Yankees," Chavez said, using an expletive. Waving his fists in the air, he added: "I hold the government of the United States responsible for being behind all the conspiracies against our nations!"
He needs a boogie man to keep attention off of his de facto dictatorship and to maintain any lid on popular protest from his serfs. As long as he can make the folks at home feel threatened by outside forces he keeps attention focused away from him and his actions.