"On New Year's Eve, just three days before U.S. military personnel would rouse him from sleep and deliver him to a New York City jail, President Nicolas Maduro drove through the center of Caracas, narrating the city's landmarks to a friendly interviewer. As he steered, he lingered on history and nostalgia."
"'If they want oil, Venezuela is ready for U.S. investment like Chevron,' Maduro said in a video broadcast by state television. 'Whenever they want it, wherever they want it and however they want it.' The olive branch he appeared to be extending was, of course, too little and too late for the Trump administration, which said it had been negotiating the terms of his exit."
On New Year's Eve, three days before U.S. military personnel would rouse him and deliver him to a New York City jail, President Nicolas Maduro drove through central Caracas while narrating landmarks and recalling history. He reflected on a 1959 Fidel Castro speech and his childhood home, and acknowledged U.S. warships off Venezuela's coast. He offered conditional openness to U.S. oil investment, citing Chevron. The gesture failed to sway the Trump administration, which had negotiated his exit. His rise began in youth politics under Hugo Chavez's mentorship. His presidency enacted policies that precipitated economic collapse and mass migration, prompting criticism of negligence and lack of empathy.
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