Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (C), accompanied by his wife Cilia Flores (C-R), gestures as he delivers a speech to his supporters during a rally at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on August 1, 2024. The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, proposed this Thursday to "resume" negotiations with the United States, a country that did not recognize his reelection and supports the opposition's allegations of fraud. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP)