Venezuelan President Maduro Advocates Dialogue With the United States

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Nov. 6, 2024. Photo:

November 7, 2024 Hour: 10:16 am

The Bolivarian nation builds its foreign relations on the basis of respect, sensitivity, dialogue, and understanding, he stressed.

On Wednesday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro expressed that Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential elections represents a new beginning for both countries, whose diplomatic relations were severed in 2019 during the first term of the Republican politician.

“Donald Trump’s historic return is a golden opportunity to end wars and not open more war fronts. It is an opportunity for the U.S. to build relationships with all of Latin America and the Caribbean based on respect, sensitivity, dialogue, and understanding,” he said, emphasizing the importance of Washington structuring its international relations with respect for the continent’s diversity.

“Since the time of Commander Chavez, the Bolivarian Revolution has witnessed the White House being occupied by Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden,” the Venezuelan President recalled.

“In 2006, when I was President Chavez’s foreign minister, I confirmed that we have always been willing to have relations based on respect, sensitivity, dialogue, and understanding,” said Maduro, reaffirming to the United States and society at large that relations of that nature will open a new path.

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The Bolivarian leader is open to “collaborative working relations” with U.S. businesspeople who want to invest in Venezuela, a country still under Washington’s sanctions. He took the opportunity to reiterate that his administration does not practice “interventionism” and will never interfere in U.S. internal affairs.

“Venezuela is open to working together with anyone who wants to come and respects us. Our country has its own project and identity, and shares values with the people of the United States. We reaffirm that we want world peace,” Maduro stated.

“We advocate for sovereignty, independence, and respect for our culture and identity. The solutions for Latin America lie in Latin America, and the solutions for Venezuela’s future lie in Venezuela,” Maduro pointed out.

During his previous administration (2017-2021), Trump was Maduro’s main political adversary and imposed numerous sanctions on the country, including restrictions on its oil industry, Venezuela’s primary source of foreign currency.