The vice president of Venezuela Delsey Rodriguez denied yesterday Thursday that he negotiated with the US the expulsion of the president Nicolas Maduro from power, as claimed by an American newspaper article.

OR Miami Herald reported earlier yesterday that Ms. Rodriguez and her brother Jorgethe president of the parliament, have been negotiating with Washington to oust President Maduro and keep them in power, without revealing who her sources are.

“Lie! Another media outlet continues the filth of psychological warfare against the Venezuelan people. They have no morals, no principles, they spread lies and rot.” was the reaction of Vice President Rodrigues via Telegram.

“The Bolivarian revolution counts on the superior political-military leadership united around the popular will”she continued, accompanying the post with a photo of herself alongside the head of state with the caption: “together and united with President Maduro”.

According to Miami HeraldMs. Rodriguez made the proposal through contacts in Qatar, a country that has played a mediating role in US-Venezuelan prisoner exchanges.

Washington has deployed seven warships and a nuclear-powered submarine to the Caribbean and another warship to the Gulf of Mexico, as part of maneuvers it presents as an anti-drug operation targeting Venezuela and its president Maduro in particular.

US President Donald Trump, who confirmed this week that he has ordered covert CIA operations in Venezuela, has announced at least five strikes against speedboats he says were carrying drugs since early September. The missile strikes killed at least 27 people, according to what he and his government have said.

“Can anyone believe that the CIA has not been operating in Venezuela for 60 years? Can anyone believe that the CIA has not been conspiring for 26 years against the commandant (s.b. “commander”, of the deceased former president Hugo) Chaves against me too?’Mr. Maduro commented yesterday, during an official event.