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The Soviet Union isn't actively moving a part of it's nuclear arsenal to the island.
The entire aspect of the crisis was weapons that could actually reach mainland US.
At the moment, no one who borders the Gulf of Mexico has weaponry that could reach say Miami or say Texas City a more strategic point.
So there's a sense of security by distance in the United States. Now the thing is, this whole thing changes the second any one of these nations procure a medium range weapon. That was the missile crisis. The US found out the USSR was trying to send long range missiles that could strike deep inside US territory.
The same would be true here. The second any of these nations obtain a missile that can hit the US the whole calculus changes.
Can you imagine? "Oh yeah, we invaded Venezuela but they have the ability to start blowing up condos from their own nation." People would be a whole lot more upset than they are currently.
Important to note that the USSR did this as a response to the US stationing nukes in UK, Italy and especially Turkey, from where they could strike Moscow.
Unless US starts a conflict with either Mexico or Canada, and then they will have unrest and attacks from those fronts. Even if they take major cities the vast amount of space will lead to endless war.
Not saying the US doesn't have countermeasures, but Russia doesn't have subs capable of missile strike?