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‘A new start’: Venezuelan leader extends olive branch to Donald Trump
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 7 November 2024
Nicolás Maduro once called Trump a ‘racist cowboy’ but is now seeking rapprochement with the US president-elect
During his first administration, Donald Trump waged a “maximum pressure” campaign against Nicolás Maduro , unsuccessfully trying to depose Venezuela ’s authoritarian leader with an arsenal of sanctions, cyber-attacks and threats.
But this week Maduro extended an olive branch to a man he once called “a miserable racist cowboy” , fuelling speculation that Trump’s second presidency might witness an unlikely rapprochement between the two strongman survivors.
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