US EditionMaduro offers to engage in direct talks with Trump envoy Grenell
- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro sent a letter dated September 5, 2023, to U.S. President Donald Trump via Special Envoy Richard Grenell, offering direct talks amid rising tensions.
- The letter followed U.S. strikes destroying at least three vessels allegedly carrying illegal drugs from Venezuela, which Maduro's regime denies and calls fake news.
- Maduro cited United Nations data claiming only 5% of Colombian drugs transit Venezuela, with over 70% of attempts neutralized this year, and attached maps to support these assertions.
- Trump confirmed the strikes involved boats linked to cartels and U.S. operations destroyed four vessels, while Maduro threatened armed struggle if invaded, stating dialogue aims to overcome falsehoods.
- The letter and strikes illustrate a complex dynamic where Maduro seeks dialogue despite being wanted by the U.S. on drug charges and facing intensified military pressure in the Caribbean region.
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Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, rejected the allegations made by the United States against him for drug trafficking and invited his American counterpart, Donald Trump, to “preserve peace with dialogue” in a letter circulated this Sunday by the Venezuelan government. The United States deployed eight ships in the Caribbean with the argument of fighting drug trafficking and to date destroyed at least three vessels of suspected drug trafficke…
Maduro Appeals to Trump Amid Drug Vessel Strikes
The Venezuelan government revealed that President Nicolás Maduro sent a letter to President Donald Trump, expressing an openness to dialogue amid strikes on boats believed to be carrying drugs. Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez released the letter on September 21. Maduro wrote in the September 5 letter that “there are many controversies regarding the relationship between the United States and Venezuela,” explaining that his regime has “o…
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