CARACAS, Nov 18, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Monday he was ready to talk "face to face" with his US counterpart Donald Trump, who hours earlier mentioned possible talks between the two leaders amid soaring military tensions in the Caribbean.

"This country will continue to be at peace, and in the United States, anyone who wants to talk to Venezuela will talk face to face, without any problem," Maduro, whose reelection last year was rejected by Washington as fraudulent, said on his weekly television program.