Top Venezuela official held secret talks with US envoy, Maduro says

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The U.S. envoy to Venezuela secretly met with the country’s foreign minster in New York, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday.

The secret talks between Elliott Abrams and Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza took place as the Trump administration sought to oust Maduro, Maduro said in an interview with the Associated Press.

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