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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Thursday that his authorities is unfastened to negotiating an statement pinch nan United States aft months of American subject unit targeting supplier trafficking networks tied to his government.
In a pre-taped question and reply pinch Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet that aired connected authorities television, Maduro said Venezuela is "ready" to talk a drug-trafficking deal pinch nan U.S. He called connected nan countries to "start talking seriously, pinch information successful hand."
"The U.S. authorities knows, because we’ve told galore of their spokespeople, that if they want to earnestly talk an statement to combat supplier trafficking, we’re ready," he said. "If they want oil, Venezuela is fresh for U.S. investment, for illustration pinch Chevron, whenever they want it, wherever they want it and nevertheless they want it."
Chevron Corp. is nan only awesome U.S. lipid institution presently exporting Venezuelan crude to nan United States.
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Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro looks connected during a gathering astatine nan National Assembly successful Caracas, Aug. 22, 2025. (Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images)
Maduro said nan U.S. wants a authorities alteration successful Venezuela and entree to its lipid reserves done a months-long unit run that began pinch a awesome military deployment to nan Caribbean Sea in August.
He said it is clear nan U.S. wants "to enforce themselves done threats, intimidation and force."
The question and reply was recorded connected New Year’s Eve, nan aforesaid time nan U.S. subject announced a kinetic strike that killed 5 group aboard 2 vessels operated by designated violent organizations progressive successful narcotics trafficking.
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Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro joined a rally successful Caracas connected Dec. 10. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
At slightest 114 group person been killed since nan U.S. began bombing alleged drug-trafficking boats successful nan Caribbean and eastbound Pacific successful early September.
The U.S. whitethorn beryllium signaling a imaginable description of its Venezuela-focused campaign, including imaginable crushed operations.
President Donald Trump confirmed that a onslaught past week targeted what he described arsenic a Venezuelan larboard utilized for supplier trafficking, but declined to opportunity whether nan cognition was carried retired by nan U.S. subject aliases different entity, specified arsenic nan CIA.
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USSOUTHCOM announced different kinetic onslaught against alleged naro-terrorist vessels connected Wednesday, Dec. 31. (@Southcom via X)
Maduro declined to remark connected that strike during nan interview, but said he could "talk astir it successful a fewer days."
In caller weeks, Trump has intensified unit connected Maduro, ordering a full blockade of lipid tankers entering aliases leaving Venezuela, designating his authorities a overseas violent organization, and accusing it of utilizing stolen U.S. assets to money terrorism, supplier trafficking and different criminal activity.
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U.S. authorities person besides seized 2 ships carrying sanctioned oil.
Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner, Morgan Phillips, Jasmine Baehr and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
