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Malek Fouda

Maduro open to US talks on drug trafficking but silent on narcoboat strikes

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday he is willing to negotiate an agreement to combat drug trafficking with the United States but declined to comment on last week’s US strikes on a docking port.

Maduro reiterated that Washington wants to force a government change in Venezuela and gain access to his country’s vast oil reserves, through the months-long pressure campaign, which began with a major military deployment in the Caribbean Sea in August.

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