together with more favorable international geopolitics, this has allowed nicholas maduro to venture outsidehe country, shaking hands with leaders and confounding opponents. meanwhile, the united states and other democraticies -- photos sw him at the top of his efforts to topple maduro. he remains undeterred. >> we need to bring this to a presidential election and strengthen the opposition to facilitate talks in mexico. it is not because the opposition is divided that maduro keeps the power. this is a dictatorship. >> maduro's regime has agreed to resume talks with the opposition in mexico and arrange for elections in 2024 in exchange for eased u.s. sanctions on the oil sector. maduro is hoping the economy will continue improving enough to give him a chance to win the next presidential elections outright, especially if the opposition remains as divided as it is now, but e economists say the improvements have done little for the majority of venezuelans. >> maduro is trying to credit himself for the increase in economic activity. all they've done is cause inflation. it doesn't mean better cond

you aspect quest to asked when, as well president nicholas maduro. but the language of the agreement left no ambiguous tea on the objective. an operation to capture, detain, or remove nicholas maduro removed the current regime and installed a recognized when, as well. and president, who on guido venezuela's assets around the world, had been frozen billions of dollars, had been stolen outright. as part of us efforts to weaken the government, washington offered a reward of up to $15000000.00 for information leading to the arrest of nicholas madura maduro. remains wanted on the us state department website on the basis of widely disputed claims about drug trafficking. only a few years later we have u. s. officials now willing to shake his hand after all these years and all these efforts of demonizing him and calling the dictator. a quick handshake between 2 worldly or is this going viral? former secretary of state john kerry seen shaking hands with venezuelan leader nicolas my doodle. oh no, that is wrong with it with. but what about the pony america pic

you should return to venezuela and tell nicholas maduro that his time is up. it's time for him to go. oh la. i'm mike pence, the vice president of the united states. and on behalf of president donald trump and all the american people, let me express the unwavering support of the united states as you the people of venezuela. raise your voices in a call for freedom, all option from them. all options are on the table. all options are on the to call options or on the table, who can forget when humanitarian aid became central to the regime change narrative about than as whaler? the story was that venezuelan leaders had lit a food truck on fire to prevent food from being delivered to their own people. mast thugs, civilians killed by live rounds and the burning of trucks carrying badly needed food and medicine. this has been maderos response to peaceful efforts to help venezuelans, countries that still recognize maduro should take note of what they are endorsing with announced majoris refusal to let humanitarian assistance reach venezuela. what kind of a sick tyran s

his leader nicholas maduro at north korea has fired 3 ballistic missiles into its eastern waters in its latest weapons test. young young has launched one missiles this year than ever before. the launches come 5 days after north korea flu, drones into south korea's air space for the 1st time since 2017 france and the united kingdom have joined a growing list of countries. now requiring people, arriving from china to show negative co, 19 tests, beijing as we opened its borders after nearly 3 years of pandemic travel restrictions are china's surgeon corona virus. infections are making other countries nervous. the world health organization has at china to share more covert data with the international community. her moment to remember for these passengers in china, nationwide travel has opened up again in the world's most populous nation. beijing's decision to loose in its covert 19 restrictions in early december was a welcome surprise for many new year from cairo. they should indeed open up and i'm supportive of this. everything including travel is getting more convenient and i'm going back

that opposition party say he failed to asked president nicholas maduro. outgoing brazilian president j the ball to narrow has flown to the united states less than 2 days before his left. his rival is due to take office. alton, our last to loose is nasty and rude. a silver in a presidential run off last month. protesters in bolivia have said cars on fire and blocked roads following the arrests of a prominent opposition leader. police fire tear gas to disperse the crowds in santa cruz. the protests were part of a 24 hour strike launched after the regions governor luis. fernando camacho was detained on thursday and the new years already being welcomed in as 2023 drawers in some parts of the world. this was the fireworks display in oakland . you zealand as the clock struck midnight, but it was the line island spot of kerry bath that were 1st to enter the new year. thanks for watching archers here. ah. hi, i'm steve clements and i have a question with neither side. willing to negotiate is the ukraine war becoming a forever war? let's get to the bottom line. ah. after 10 months of fighting

government and the regime of nicho nicholas maduro some of them were released in part of a prisoner swapossed with two individuals that i didn't know who they were, but i assumed that they were the other human commodity that was being exchanged. >> reporter: president joe biden signed off on the deal. in exchange, the u.s. agreed to release two of maduro's nephews, themselves convicted in 2016 for conspiring to import cocaine into the u.s. >> how did you feel, jorge, about that exchange? do you think it ought to have happened? >> we need to prioritize life, and then we fix the long-term issue, which is how are we going to deal with hostage diplomacy as a society. under maduro, venezuela has been pushed to the brink. more than 7 million have fled the country in recent years, with the u.n. accusing the president of crimes against humanity. but with the world's largest proven oil reserves and as the west wants to move away from its dependence on russian oil, the oil supply is wielding power. last month the u.s. granted chevron limited authorization to presume pumping oil from venezuela, des

and as alexander amputee reports, president nicholas maduro is capitalizing on the situation. i brianna garcia opened her natural, cosmetic shop 4 months ago in caracas, bedding on venezuela's, mother it economic recovery. and despite many hurdles, she says things have gone well so far on economy, agatha and i see on a it's an economy and revision that's just starting to grow. again, there is a feeling of normality for commerce, and many shopping centers have started operating again, implementing very like the government's decision to relax price controls and allow trading in us dollars has given some businesses and president nicholas, my daughter, a 2nd wind in a country were real gross domestic product as shrunk by almost 80 percent in a decade, dollars. they're everywhere. these days, prices in stores, restaurants and even food carts are listed in dollars. this has partly stabilized prices and brought a veneer of better economic times. so people go together with more favorable international geo politics. this is allowed madura to venture outside the country, shaking hands w