US EditionMaduro open to talks with US on drug trafficking and oil, dodges on CIA drone strike
Maduro offers dialogue on drug trafficking and U.S. oil investment amid a U.S. campaign causing at least 115 deaths in 35 strikes, signaling de-escalation potential.
- On Thursday, Nicolás Maduro said he would negotiate on drug trafficking, oil and migration but dodged confirming an alleged CIA strike on a Venezuelan dock, saying `This could be something we talk about in a few days.`
- U.S. officials and outlets reported a CIA drone strike on December 24 targeting a Venezuelan dock facility allegedly used by the Tren de Aragua gang, marking the first known U.S. land operation.
- The U.S. maritime campaign totals 35 known boat strikes and at least 115 people killed, with a Wednesday operation striking two boats and killing five people.
- Legal critics and U.S. officials clash over the strikes' legality as international law experts and rights groups say they likely amount to extrajudicial killings, a charge the Trump administration denies, calling it an `armed conflict` with drug cartels.
- Maduro accused the U.S. of seeking regime change to access Venezuela’s oil but said he has not spoken to Donald Trump since Nov. 12 and welcomed Chevron Corp. investment.
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The Venezuelan president is ready to cooperate after the increased tensions with the US. He does not want to confirm a direct US attack on Venezuela.
Venezuela is ready to negotiate with the United States on the fight against drugs or investments in the oil sector, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on Friday night.
Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, said this Thursday that he was open to negotiating with the United States on drug trafficking and oil, after weeks of a growing campaign of pressure against his government. In addition, he said that he only spoke on one occasion, in November, with his American counterpart, Donald Trump, after the latter declared on Monday that they had spoken “very recently,” although with few results. “We have had a single…
Caracas is under heavy pressure from Washington which accuses President Maduro of being at the head of a vast drug trafficking network. The latter avoided confirming or denying the US land attack on port facilities in Venezuela, evoked by Donald Trump earlier this week.
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