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Wheels coming off Chavismo wagon, Maduro begs for audience with Trump, Pompeo
Maduro sends a message to Trump: "My respects to the US ... we are people with whom we can negotiate!"
translated from Spanish
01/17/19 - The journalist and leader of the Republican Party, Maria Elvira Salazar, told Univision interviewers that the interview that she exclusively made to President Maduro was requested by people close to the president. "The president Maduro wanted to send a strong message to the president. Trump through the North American press, in this case the FOX network, which they know is the one that President Trump sees more often¨
In the video you can see the first part of this interview. In a few minutes, the first national leader addresses Trump personally and asks for "face to face meeting". "America is one ... sooner rather than later we are forced to understand each other". In the interview, Maduro affirms that Trump "inherited the mistakes of previous administrations in foreign policy". He affirmed the respect he has for the United States despite the differences. "We are people with whom you can agree".
Next the video with the first part of the interview and the comments of María Elvira Salazar:
In the video you can see the first part of this interview. In a few minutes, the first national leader addresses Trump personally and asks for "face to face meeting". "America is one ... sooner rather than later we are forced to understand each other". In the interview, Maduro affirms that Trump "inherited the mistakes of previous administrations in foreign policy". He affirmed the respect he has for the United States despite the differences. "We are people with whom you can agree".
Next the video with the first part of the interview and the comments of María Elvira Salazar:
https://www.aporrea.org/actualidad/n337093.html
Maduro and the Chavistas are in an outright panic. The people have had enough. There is a HUGE rally planned for the entire country organized by the opposition, and Chavismo is doing all it can to squelch it. They have even gone so far as to pen a law (Constitutional Draft Law for Cyberspace) to end "social media" (ie Twitter, Whats App) and internet access for "state security reasons". Nobody, except the usual suspects, recognizes him as the legitimate leader of Venezuela, and various high level defections are starting to occur.
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