Mexico and Brazil Offer to Mediate Trump-Maduro Dispute (1)

Mexico and Brazil both offered to mediate between the US and Venezuela as President Donald Trump’s tanker blockade increases tension between the two nations.

“We can always act as a negotiating point if the parties want,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday, during her daily press conference. “They would have to propose this to us and, if not, they would have to seek mediators who can help avoid any conflict in the region.”

Hours later, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also offered to act as peacemaker.

“I told Trump that if he’s interested in talking with ...