The United States has a long history of intervening in other countries’ affairs, says a political commentator, adding that now it is seeking to overthrow the government of VenezuelanPresident Nicolas Maduro in order to bring in a more US-friendly leader.

“Unfortunately, our country has a long history of intervention in the affairs of foreign nations. In our hemisphere, you can go back to Cuba, in 1988 we fought a war with Spain, we fought a war over the Philippines as well, we have overthrown the rulers of many nations in this hemisphere and we have also done that in Iran as you know and other countries. So this is a long tradition unfortunately that the US has of engaging in violent interventions against foreign governments,” Richard Silverstein, an American analyst,  told Press TV in an interview on Sunday.

Reports say US officials have repeatedly met with insurgent Venezuelan military officers over the past year to prepare potential coup plots to overthrow the government of President Maduro.

Maduro has repeatedly warned his nation about persisting US efforts to meddle in Venezuela’s internal affairs and overthrow his government.