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>Maduro is standing atop a relatively fragile house of cards.
He tried to bribe Trump in order to prevent being deposed, but Trump refused the offers.
>Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro secretly offered the U.S. sweeping access to his nation’s oil, gold, and mineral wealth—proposing to cut ties with China, Iran, and Russia—to avoid military conflict with Washington. The Trump administration rejected the deal.
https://archive.is/I4k7N
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/world/americas/maduro-venezuela-us-oil.html