Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro complained jokingly on Tuesday about having to speak 'a lot in English' lately due to phone calls from 'the North', referring to his conversation with Donald Trump, amid the crisis his country is facing with the United States. While Washington claims these strikes are aimed at combating drug trafficking, Maduro denounces an attempt to oust him in order to seize the country's oil reserves. The U.S. president is sending mixed signals about the possibility of striking Venezuelan territory after deploying a large military force in the Caribbean region since August and carrying out deadly strikes since September on boats that Washington accuses of drug trafficking. Maduro said jokingly…
