Joesley Batista traveled to Venezuela to ask for Maduro's resignation, says news agency

A report published by the news agency on Wednesday, 3, indicates that Joesley Batista, owner of JBS, traveled to Caracas in an attempt to persuade Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to heed a request from United States President Donald Trump to resign, thus allowing a peaceful transition of power. According to Bloomberg, the Brazilian met with Maduro on November 23, after the U.S. president called the country's leader to urge him to leave Venezuela. The report highlights Joesley Batista's role as a mediator, in an attempt to ease political tensions between the Trump administration and Venezuela. Bloomberg says that Trump administration officials were aware of Batista's plans to visit Caracas, but it was not requested that he travel on behalf of the U.S. "Joesley Batista is not a representative of any government," said J&F SA, the Batista family's holding company, in a statement to . The White House did not comment on the agency's report. The Venezuelan Ministry of Information and ...