Rubio Casts Doubt on Maduro’s Ability to Honor Any Deal With US

December 3, 2025, 3:48 AM UTC

Secretary of State Marco Rubio cast doubt on the possibility that the US could negotiate a deal with Nicolas Maduro to get him to stop drug traffickers, saying the Venezuelan leader has repeatedly broken commitments over the years.

“If you wanted to make a deal with him, I don’t know how you do” that, Rubio said in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News on Tuesday night. “He’s broken every deal he’s ever made. Now, that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try.”

Rubio recounted how the Maduro regime negotiated the Barbados Agreement with involvement from the Biden administration in ...

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