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Related: About this forumAP Interview: Maduro reveals secret meetings with US envoy
Source: Associated Press
AP Interview: Maduro reveals secret meetings with US envoy
By IAN PHILLIPS and JOSHUA GOODMAN
February 14, 2019
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) President Nicolas Maduro said in an AP interview Thursday that his foreign minister recently held secret talks in New York with the U.S. special envoy to Venezuela, even as the Trump administration was publicly backing an effort to unseat the Venezuelan president.
While harshly criticizing Donald Trumps confrontational stance toward his socialist government, Maduro said he holds out hope of meeting the U.S. president soon to resolve a crisis over Americas recognition of opponent Juan Guaido as Venezuelas rightful leader.
Maduro said that while in New York, his foreign minister invited the Washington, D.C.-based envoy, Elliott Abrams, to come to Venezuela privately, publicly or secretly.
If he wants to meet, just tell me when, where and how and Ill be there, Maduro said without providing more details. He said both New York meetings lasted several hours.
A senior administration official in Washington who was not authorized to speak publicly said U.S. officials were willing to meet with former Venezuela officials, including Maduro himself, to discuss their exit plans.
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By IAN PHILLIPS and JOSHUA GOODMAN
February 14, 2019
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) President Nicolas Maduro said in an AP interview Thursday that his foreign minister recently held secret talks in New York with the U.S. special envoy to Venezuela, even as the Trump administration was publicly backing an effort to unseat the Venezuelan president.
While harshly criticizing Donald Trumps confrontational stance toward his socialist government, Maduro said he holds out hope of meeting the U.S. president soon to resolve a crisis over Americas recognition of opponent Juan Guaido as Venezuelas rightful leader.
Maduro said that while in New York, his foreign minister invited the Washington, D.C.-based envoy, Elliott Abrams, to come to Venezuela privately, publicly or secretly.
If he wants to meet, just tell me when, where and how and Ill be there, Maduro said without providing more details. He said both New York meetings lasted several hours.
A senior administration official in Washington who was not authorized to speak publicly said U.S. officials were willing to meet with former Venezuela officials, including Maduro himself, to discuss their exit plans.
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AP Interview: Maduro reveals secret meetings with US envoy (Original Post)
Eugene
Feb 2019
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Maduro has been insisting that GringoLandia has been attempting to kill him for 6 years
GatoGordo
Feb 2019
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2naSalit
(86,502 posts)1. Assssination attempt?
GatoGordo
(2,412 posts)2. Maduro has been insisting that GringoLandia has been attempting to kill him for 6 years
And the die-hard Chavista conspiracy theorists still claim that the cancer that Chavez died from was actually poison.
Be assured if Uncle Sam wanted completely un-charismatic Maduro dead, he would have been found with an ice-pick buried in his skull years ago. As it turns out, Maduro's utter incompetence is the best thing for US interests in the region. He (and Chavez before him) have brought the economic envy of Latin America to the brink of humanitarian despair. Other than Bolivia and Nicaragua, the Pink Tide that had engulfed Latin America early this century is virtually extinct.