Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (center) speaks next to Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez (left) and Oil Minister Pedro Tellechea during a meeting of the National Economic Council at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on November 28, 2023. Maduro reiterated his invitation to US President Joe Biden to begin a "new era" in relations between under a line of "respect" and with the lifting of economic sanctions. Photo: VCG