Venezuela’s Maduro Wrote to Trump in Bid to Seek Dialogue With US

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said he intends to clear up the ‘many controversies’ in U.S.–Venezuela relations.

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro prepares to leave at the end of a news conference, days after he said Venezuela would deploy military, police, and civilian defenses at 284 "battlefront" locations across the country, amid heightened tensions with the United States, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Sept. 15, 2025. Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters

The Venezuelan government said on Sept. 21 that leader Nicolás Maduro had sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump proposing to engage in dialogue to address the differences between the two countries.

The letter, released by Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, was sent on Sept. 6, after U.S. forces struck a Venezuela-origin boat on Sept. 2 that was allegedly bound for the United States with illegal drugs.