Argentina’s president welcomes Trump pressure ‘to free the Venezuelan people’
Argentina's President Javier Milei waves to supporters from the balcony of the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
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December 20, 2025

Argentina’s president welcomes Trump pressure ‘to free the Venezuelan people’

FOZ DO IGUAÇU, Brazil (AFP)—Argentina’s President Javier Milei on Saturday praised counterpart Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Venezuela, which fears a US naval deployment within striking distance of its mainland is aimed at unseating leader Nicolas Maduro.

Speaking at a Mercosur summit, Milei said: “Argentina welcomes the pressure from the United States and Donald Trump to free the Venezuelan people. The time for a timid approach on this matter has run out.”

Trump said in an interview with NBC News this week he could not rule out the possibility of war with Venezuela, whose leader he accuses of drug trafficking.

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