Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is reportedly rejecting any negotiated exit from power and betting that President Donald Trump will ultimately back down from military action against his government, according to sources familiar with internal discussions in Caracas.
“Maduro has already decided – he’s not going anywhere; now it’s Trump’s move,” a source told El Pais, a major Spanish-language daily newspaper based in Madrid, Spain, chronicling the Venezuelan leader’s hardline stance as U.S. warships remain stationed in the Caribbean.
The White House initially said the naval deployment targeted drug trafficking operations. But both Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have teased it is time for Venezuela-focused regime change, calling Maduro an “illegitimate leader.”
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