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Trump hints at talks with Nicolas Maduro
Cape Times
|November 18, 2025
DONALD Trump suggested at the weekend that future talks with Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro could be on the table, as a regional US military buildup has whipped up tensions between the nations.
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The US president spoke after Washington further upped the ante by announcing plans to designate as a terrorist group a cartel that it claims Maduro runs.
“We may be having some discussions with Maduro, and we'll see how that turns out,’ Trump told reporters in Florida, adding: “They would like to talk”
Pressed for more details, he replied: “Venezuela would like to talk. What does it mean? You tell me, I don’t know... I'd talk to anybody.”
At the weekend, the US State Department said it would classify Cartel de los Soles (Cartel of the Suns) - which it claims is headed by Maduro - as a foreign terrorist organisation (FTO).
This story is from the November 18, 2025 edition of Cape Times.
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