This combination of pictures created on August 08, 2025 shows Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (L) in Caracas on January 10, 2025, and US President Donald Trump (R) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 15, 2025. US President Donald Trump warned on November 29, 2025 that the airspace above and near Venezuela should be considered closed, the latest escalation in a standoff with leftist leader Nicolas Maduro. (Photos: AFP)
December 1, 2025
Venezuela does not want ‘a slave’s peace’: Maduro on US military threat
Caracas, Venezuela (AFP)—Venezuela does not want “a slave’s peace,” President Nicolas Maduro told thousands of supporters Monday of a US military deployment he said has been “testing” his country for 22 weeks.
US President Donald Trump has ramped up pressure on Maduro with a major naval build-up in the Caribbean, bombings of suspected drug-ferrying boats, and ominous warnings to avoid Venezuelan airspace.
“We want peace, but peace with sovereignty, equality, freedom! We do not want a slave’s peace, nor the peace of colonies!” Maduro, who accuses Washington of seeking to topple him, said at a rally in Caracas as Trump was expected to meet with his top national security officials to discuss Venezuela.
