US EditionOn Venezuela, Trump Needs To Ask the Big Question
Batista met Maduro to mediate US-Venezuela tensions amid threats of US military action and narcotrafficking allegations against Maduro's government.
- On Nov. 23, Joesley Batista flew to Caracas to meet Nicolás Maduro and urged him to step down while acting as a private mediator between Maduro's regime and the Trump administration.
- Amid heightened U.S. pressure including military moves, the largest recent U.S. military deployment and over 20 attacks on suspected drug-running boats killing more than 80 people increased tension.
- Batista, co-owner of JBS NV, brings deep commercial links to Venezuela, including a years-ago $2.1 billion deal and more than 70,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada, despite bribery allegations.
- The day after the trip, the Trump administration designated the Cartel de los Soles, narcotrafficking organization, as a foreign terrorist group, ratcheting up pressure on Maduro.
- Batista's trip joined earlier mediation efforts by Richard Grenell, U.S. envoy, Qatari diplomats, and investors, while Marco Rubio, U.S. senator, said negotiation remains worth trying despite doubts about Maduro.
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How A Brazilian Meat Billionaire Slipped Into Trump’s Venezuela Gamble
Key Points A Brazilian tycoon quietly tried to help open a peaceful exit for Nicolás Maduro. The move links big agribusiness money, Washington politics, and Venezuela’s collapsing economy. The episode shows how unelected business figures now shape high-risk foreign policy choices. Most people imagine big diplomatic gambles happening in palaces and ministries. This one also […]
From meat to diplomacy, this is not the first intervention by Joesley Batista.The Brazilian businessman, co-owner of the cattle conglomerate JBS N.V., is positioning himself as the connector that tries to calm the political tensions between Donald Trump and Nicolás Maduro. This, at a more tense time than ever, with the US President threatening a land invasion of Venezuela, and the Chavista leader passing the deadline he would have been given to …
Joesley Batista, co-owner of a vast business empire led by the giant meat processor JBS, is emerging to act as an intermediary between Donald Trump's government and Venezuela's ruling regime. Batista traveled to Caracas last week in an attempt to persuade Nicolás Maduro to heed Trump's call to resign and allow a peaceful transition of power in Venezuela, according to people with knowledge of the trip. He met Maduro on November 23, days after Don…
The visit took place in secret.
Brazil Billionaire Flew to Venezuela to Urge Maduro to Step Down
(Bloomberg) — Joesley Batista, co-owner of a sprawling business empire led by the meat-processing giant JBS NV, is quietly positioning himself as a connector trying to defuse political tensions between the Trump administration and Venezuela’s ruling regime.
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