Who is Richard Grenelll, Trump’s envoy to talk to Maduro this Friday

Before assuming the presidency of the United States, Donald Trump had announced the name of the presidential envoy for special missions.

This is the Republican Richard Grenelll, or Ric Grenelll, 59 years, a diplomat and expert in international politics, which He was an ambassador of the United States in Germany, director of National Intelligence of the United States, special envoy of the President for Peace Negotiations in Serbia and Kosovo.

“RIC will work at some of the hottest points in the world, including Venezuela and North Korea”Trump said on his Truth social networks, when he chose him as presidential envoy for special missions.

When he was appointed, Grenell wrote on his social networks: “Diplomacy is back. I talked to several officers from Venezuela and I will be meeting with them. Talking is a tactic. “

Grenelll would arrive in Caracas this Friday to talk to Maduro about the deportations of undocumented people who arrived in the United States fleeing from the crisis in Venezuela.

Venezuela announced the suspension of reception of repatriation flights, In retaliation for the non -recognition of the United States to Maduro’s policies, especially after electoral fraud.

With the arrival of Trump, the expulsion of illegal migrants has been in the first lines of the agenda with all countries, and the same is expected to happen with Venezuela.

This would be the only point to be treated between Grenell and Maduro, although details of the agenda are not known.

Grenell had already met in the past with Delegates from Maduro, including Jorge Rodríguez, in 2020, without major results, according to NYT.

Republican senator Rick Scott He said he hopes that during today’s visit, “The only thing Richard Grenelll concentrates is to demand the return of kidnapped Americansguarantee that Maduro recovers thugs and gang members in our country and finding a new country that Maduro, Diosdado and any other person involved in this bully regime can be relocated as soon as possible. “

It is possible to expect Maduro to also demand something in return.

The last exchange

He December 20, 2023, the United States government confirmed that the exchange of 34 prisoners had materialized in exchange for the release of Álex Saab, Trust man of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro.

24 were Venezuelan political prisoners, among which there were four opponents.

Among the six released Americans were Eyvin Hernández and Jerrel Kenemore, Airan Berry and Luke Denman.