The U.S. has not ruled out putting American forces on the ground in Venezuela and is willing to hear directly from Nicolás Maduro about proposals to avert further military escalation, President Donald Trump said on Monday.
Asked if he would rule out U.S. troops on the ground in the South American country, Trump said, "No, I don't rule out that, I don't rule out anything."
He was questioned if he would speak to Maduro directly, Trump told reporters at the White House, "I probably would talk to him, yeah. I talk to everybody."
Maduro, when asked about Trump's comments on Monday, which said differences should be resolved through diplomacy and that he is willing to hold face-to-face talks with anyone interested.
"In the United States, whoever wants to talk with Venezuela will talk, face to face, without any problem," Maduro said on his weekly state television programme.
The U.S. has been waging a campaign of deadly strikes against suspected drug trafficking boats off the Venezuelan coast and the Pacific coast of Latin America.
Maduro has repeatedly alleged that a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean is designed to drive him from power.
President Trump also said he would like to knock out cocaine factories in Colombia, while stopping short of announcing any direct military intervention there.
The official said there were many advantages that Venezuela could offer U.S. firms, though the main priority now is stopping drugs.
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Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab and Ombudsman Alfredo Ruiz tendered their resignations to the National Assembly on Wednesday. Neither official has publicly provided reasons for stepping down.
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U.S. military forces have seized a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from Caribbean waters, the Pentagon said on Tuesday (24 February), adding that it was the third such operation.
Cubans are increasingly turning to solar power to keep businesses operating and basic household appliances running during prolonged electricity cuts, as fuel shortages make diesel generators and other temporary solutions more difficult and costly to maintain.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. military has enough stockpiled weapons to fight wars "forever"; in a social media post late on Monday. The remarks came hours before conflict in Iran and the Middle East entered its fourth day.
U.S. first lady, Melania Trump chaired a UN Security Council meeting on children and education in conflict on Monday (2 March), a move criticised by Iran as hypocritical following U.S. and Israeli strikes that triggered a UN warning about risks to children.
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The U.S. embassy in Riyadh was hit by two drones resulting in a limited fire and some material damage, the kingdom's defence ministry said in a post on X on Tuesday, citing an initial assessment.
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Strikes across the Middle East are intensifying, fuelling travel disruption, driving up global energy prices and forcing diplomatic missions to shut their doors.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said the United States has a “virtually unlimited supply” of munitions and is capable of sustaining military action indefinitely, as the conflict with Iran entered its fourth day.
The United Nations has called for an investigation into a deadly attack on a girls’ primary school in Iran, which Iranian officials say has killed more than 100 children. The U.S. has said its forces “would not” deliberately target a school.
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