Protests spread across America to bring an end to American involvement. The Nationalists, under Bob Dole, took victory in the 1980 election and fulfilled his campaign promise of ending the war. The Americans began to withdraw, finishing by 1983. As the Americans left, the Unificadors gained the upper hand. Russia began to limit their aid as well, due to losing interest in the conflict and the struggles following Premier Konev's death. Venezuela soon took over as the main supplier of the Unificadors, and in 1984 declared war on Argentina. The combined armies of the Unificadors and Venezuelans took Buenos Aires and toppled the junta, replacing it with a democratically elected government. Venezuela issued huge loans to rebuild Argentina, and Argentina became heavily reliant on Venezuela. Vene