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    Maduro Calls Out President Trump On Twitter, Requesting 'Dialogue'

    The U.S. has put sanctions on the Venezuelan president and labeled him a "dictator." Nicolas Maduro's tweet Monday came not long after he was uninvited from a summit of Western Hemisphere countries.
    by Colin Dwyer Feb 20, 2018 2 minutes
    Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addresses a news conference at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas last week.

    Updated at 8:58 a.m. ET

    Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has offered an overture to his U.S. counterpart on Twitter, using President Trump's preferred medium Monday to ask for talks between the two countries.

    Trump "campaigned promoting non-interference in other countries' domestic affairs," Maduro tweeted, tagging the U.S. president's account. "The time has come to fulfill it and change your agenda of aggression for one of dialogue.

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