Yeah, US troops were not there first. And I know it goes against the grain a little bit, but not everyone that works with the US is some puppet of our evil empire or something.

Some people just choose to do business with our companies of their own free will, as outlandish as that may sound.

edit: Oh, and I had to look it up, but they've been their current size and shape for 200 years now. I don't see how the Spanish colony of Venezuela has any more right than the British colony of Guiana.