Maduro defiant after call with Trump, says his country will not be 'colonised'

Описание: (2 Dec 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Caracas, Venezuela - 1 December 2025
1. Various of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro dancing to a techno song created out of his speech speaking in English calling for "peace forever"
2. Maduro listening to supporters chanting; UPSOUND (Spanish) "Maduro, my friend, the people are with you!"
3. People in crowd
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela:
"We want peace, but peace with sovereignty. Peace with equality. Peace with freedom! We do not want a slave’s peace, nor the peace of colonies! Colony, never. Slaves, never! Freedom, republic, peace with dignity, that's the peace."
5. Action figure of former President Hugo Chavez
6. People chanting; UPSOUND (Spanish) "And no! I refuse! To be a North American colony!"
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela:
"I swear absolute loyalty to you, beyond the times we can live this beautiful and heroic history. Rest assured that I will never ever fail you. There's no way."
People chant: "If things get heated I'll stick with Maduro!"
8. Various of Maduro waving a Venezuelan flag
9. Maduro throwing hat to the crowd
10. Various of armed officer next to cameraman

STORYLINE:
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday defiantly dismissed increasing pressure from the U.S., telling the people of his country he would remain steadfast and swearing "absolute loyalty" to them.

"Rest assured that I will never ever fail you. There's no way," he told a crowd in Caracas, where he cheered on supporters and danced to a techno song created from a recent speech during which he called for "peace forever" - in English.

Talking about the standoff with the U.S., Maduro said Venezuela would accept neither "a slave’s peace, nor the peace of colonies!"

"We want peace, but peace with sovereignty, equality, freedom!," he added.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed that he had recently had a phone conversation with Maduro.

He declined to comment on details of the call, which was first reported by The New York Times, and the Venezuelan communications ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the call.

Since returning to office, Trump has increased pressure on Maduro and his allies, including by doubling to $50 million the reward for information that leads to the Venezuelan leader's arrest on narcoterrorism charges.

A 2020 indictment accused Maduro of leading the Cartel de los Soles, which the U.S. State Department on Monday designated as a foreign terrorist organization.

Trump also is weighing whether to carry out strikes on mainland Venezuela, after carrying out a number of strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.

AP Video by Juan Arraez

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