U.S. held secret months-long talks with Venezuela interior minister – Reuters

U.S. officials secretly engaged Venezuela’s interior minister Diosdado Cabello for months, urging restraint as Washington prepared actions targeting President Nicolas Maduro, sources told Reuters.

U.S. officials under President Donald Trump held months-long communications with Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister, ahead of an operation targeting President Nicolas Maduro, sources told Reuters.

According to the report, U.S. officials warned Cabello not to deploy security...