Maduro and Washington Send Signals of Tentative Detente
- U.S. is reviewing its Venezuela sanctions, Biden official says
- Maduro has taken conciliatory steps and talked to Democrats
Nicolas Maduro
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After years of intensifying hostility, the U.S.-Venezuela relationship is under quiet review, with Caracas taking conciliatory steps, top American figures serving as go-betweens and the Biden administration reviewing its sanctions policy.
In the past three weeks, President Nicolas Maduro has agreed to international food aid which he had long rejected, moved six Citgo executives from prison to house arrest and added two opposition figures to the country’s five-member electoral council.