The president of the United States, Donald Trump, reported this Sunday that he is considering talking with the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro.
The information was announced by President Trump himself during statements in which he assured that a possibility of dialogue between Washington and Caracas is opening up.
“We may have some conversations with Maduro, and we will see how they turn out, but they want to talk,” the US president said in a press conference given to local media.
When asked by journalists if he has any news from Venezuela. The president replied: “Venezuela update, no, there is no update on Venezuela.”
In response to the question of whether the United States could attack Venezuela after the designation of an alleged cartel linked to Maduro, Trump responded: “That allows us to do it, but we have not said that we are going to do it.”
Trump’s statements come amid the growing US military deployment in the Caribbean.
Since last August, the US has maintained a military deployment in the Caribbean Sea, arguing the supposed fight against drugs. With this pretext, attacked to several vessels in the area, as well as in the Pacific, indicating that they are allegedly linked to drug trafficking, but without proving it.
Likewise, last October, Trump acknowledged that he authorized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out covert operations in Venezuelan territory.
For its part, the Government of Venezuela has repeatedly denounced the threat that this military deployment represents for the country and the region. The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, has warned that Washington’s aggression aims to change the Government and appropriate the country’s wealth, mainly oil.
