Venezuela: Nicolás Maduro is open to talks with the USA | EUROtoday

The Venezuelan president is able to cooperate with the USA. He didn’t remark clearly on the US assault on a port facility.


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Venezuela’s President Maduro has signaled his willingness to speak to the US, regardless of tensions and US navy actions within the area. Maduro counters Trump’s accusation of drug trafficking evasively, however leaves room for doable negotiations. The US is placing stress on Maduro by attacking drug smuggling boats and positioning warships off the Venezuelan coast. The scenario between the 2 nations stays tense as each side degree accusations at one another. The query of a doable rapprochement or escalation stays open in the meanwhile.

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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is underneath stress.
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has expressed openness to cooperation with the US amid tensions with the US United States proven. “Wherever they want and whenever they want,” Maduro mentioned on state tv on Thursday (native time), with a view to doable talks with the USA on the areas of drug trafficking, oil and migration.

Asked a couple of U.S. assault on a port facility that U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned focused Venezuelan drug boats, responded Maduro evasive. “That could be something we talk about in a few days,” he mentioned when requested whether or not he was confirming or denying the assault. It was the primary identified US assault on Venezuelan soil.

Trump is presently placing Maduro underneath navy stress. Since September, the US Army has repeatedly attacked boats belonging to alleged drug smugglers within the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific. More than 100 folks have already been killed. The USA additionally positioned warships off the Venezuelan coast.

Trump accuses the Venezuelan president of controlling drug gangs and utilizing them particularly towards the USA. Maduro accuses Trump of desirous to overthrow him.

https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2026-01/nicol-s-maduro-offen-fuer-gespraeche-usa