"Rubio suggested that further talks with Venezuela would be futile because President Nicolas Maduro cannot be trusted to live up to his commitments. He's never kept any of the deals he's made in the past, which makes it difficult to consider making one in the future, Rubio said of Maduro. The top US diplomat kept hammering accusations that Maduro has used the Venezuelan government to lead a campaign of narcotics trafficking and terrorism."
"Those assertions, however, have been contradicted by the US intelligence community, which found no evidence Maduro controls the gang. On Friday, Rubio said the US is working with governments in the Western Hemisphere to ensure stability in the Caribbean region. But Venezuela, he underscored, is an outlier. There's one place that doesn't cooperate, and it's the illegitimate regime in Venezuela."
The United States maintains a hard-line position toward Venezuela, treating further negotiations as futile because President Nicolás Maduro is considered untrustworthy and has repeatedly failed to honor past agreements. US officials accuse the Venezuelan government of facilitating narcotics trafficking and terrorism and portray Maduro as aligned with criminal groups such as Tren de Aragua, though US intelligence reportedly found no evidence that Maduro controls that gang. The administration defends cuts to foreign aid programs, emphasizes cooperation with Western Hemisphere governments to stabilize the Caribbean, labels Venezuela an outlier that does not cooperate, and opposes deeper US involvement in the Ukraine conflict.
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