President Maduro: Venezuela will always have open channels of dialogue! (+USA)

Published at: 01/09/2025 01:11 PM

During a press conference for international media, the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, assured that Venezuela maintains all channels of conversation, dialogue and diplomacy with all countries; referring to the fact that they are “ill-fated” with the United States.

In that regard, he indicated that one of the channels of dialogue is with “the one who says he is a US ambassador to Venezuela who lives in Bogotá”, John McNamara; and the second with the president's special envoy for US Special Missions, Richard Grenell.

He indicated that Venezuela spoke with McNamara when the 10 terrorists were handed over in exchange for the 252 migrants kidnapped by El Salvador. “That day we talked and when he spoke to me it melted (...) with him we coordinated the basics,” he said.

“I treated him with dignity, with respect and he treated me with special deference, with respect, with great respect, he treated me, okay, I wish that was diplomacy and not gunboat diplomacy,” he said, stressing that the United States is obliged to coordinate with the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

In addition, he pointed out that gunboat diplomacy does not work with Venezuela. “Even if they put 10,000 missiles against our heads, that doesn't work with us, Venezuelans are respected because we are people of dignity, conscience and values, they respect us,” he said.

At the same time, he also mentioned the meeting he held at the Miraflores Palace with Grenell, where he had the opportunity to talk and show the swords of the Liberator Simon Bolivar.

“Those two channels are always there, now the channels at this time (...) they are battered, because gunboat diplomacy is an erratic, wrong option that they have imposed on President Donald Trump,” he said and warned his counterpart that characters like Marco Rubio, who is part of his cabinet, “want to stain their hands with blood, with South American, Caribbean and Venezuelan blood.”

He emphasized that Venezuela is willing to engage in dialogue within the framework of respect. “If only those channels we have would recover, if that were the case, always welcome, with the word respect everything is possible, with the threat and maximum pressure; maximum preparation and Rebellion because we are the world champions of anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist rebellion,” he said.

Mazo News Team