Trump’s administration envoy met secretly with a representative of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last month to try to work out Maduro’s peaceful exit from power, but no agreement was reached, three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Richard Grenell, the former acting U.
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S. Director of National Intelligence and former ambassador to Germany, had discussions in Mexico City with Jorge Rodriguez, a close associate of Maduro, the sources said.
Maduro, a socialist whose 2018 re-election was considered a sham by most Western countries, has retained the support of Russia, China, Cuba and Iran. He is also backed by Venezuela’s military.
The sources gave conflicting views on whether the meeting was worthwhile but all agreed that no deal was struck or even significant progress made toward Maduro’s exit.
“They do want a solution, but they’re waiting to see who the next president will be,” the first source told Reuters. “It was clear that they were trying to buy time.”
Grenell’s meeting, first reported by Bloomberg News, followed earlier secret contacts between the Trump administration and Venezuelan officials, one of the sources said, without elaborating.
Grenell, the special envoy for Serbia and Kosovo peace negotiations, was also involved in reaching a recent agreement between Serbia and Kosovo to work on improving economic ties.
It was not known how the talks were arranged, but the source said no further meeting was scheduled.
But he is not known to have played a role before in Venezuela policy or other major Latin American issues.
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