Come to visit the island. New administration people visiting.

I have had two phone calls with President Trump, and many more with Secretary Rubio.

We have, in every single phone call, have had very respectful conversations, and we have kept a high level of cooperation and respect so that we can develop a joint work.

I'm really grateful for this level of cooperation and what we're going to build together.

I will tell you this as a lawyer that I am. They are both innocent: President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.

We have, and I will refer right now to the DEA reports that have repeatedly stated that Venezuela is not irrelevant in the drug traffic towards the United States.

We also have 27 reports from the United Nations stating that Venezuela is not a relevant country when it comes to drug trafficking towards the United States. We know that less than 5% of drugs go through the north of the Caribbean and that 70% come from the equator.

We regret immensely this situation, and I must say that I believe completely in peace and in the dialogue of diplomacy and political dialogue.

I don't find this a hard work to do.

I truly believe that diplomatic dialogue is the way forward. We believe that political, diplomatic, and also the dialogue of energy is a channel that will crush all fake news.

I know personally that President Trump has also suffered with regard to fake news.

We salute, actually, the fact that NBC is right here with us, you know, seeing and experiencing Venezuela and seeing what the reality of the country is.

We know of foreigners who come to Venezuela, who travel, move around the city, and are surprised about the state of the city, of the country, and the development. This is very important for us.

Venezuela is a country where we hold elections constantly. We have had over 30 elections.

We will have elections in this country, fair and free, of course, as stated in the Constitution.

We will need to have a political dialogue to make sure that these elections can take place.

Elections will be marked and decided by the political dialogue in this country. We know that we will have elections where Venezuelans will feel completely identified with the elections and the process.

With regard to her life, we do not understand why there is such a fuss about it.

With regard to her coming back to the country, she will have to answer to Venezuela why she called upon an intervention, a military intervention, why she called upon sanctions on Venezuela, and why she celebrated the actions that took place at the beginning of January (Maduro's capture).

We've been dealing with Delcy for five weeks now. It's been an amazing cooperation. She's delivered information. Everything we know so far has turned out to be true.

She's made enormous positive changes, including already changing the hydrocarbon law in the country in the first few weeks.

You already feel it as you walk the streets of Caracas today, that after so many years going the wrong direction, things are going the right direction.

I think it's the start of a long and very fruitful cooperation for Venezuelans.

By the time this administration leaves, oil production will be up 50 to 100 percent. Natural gas production will probably be at least doubled.

Venezuelans will get electricity not just for a few hours a day, but for most hours of the day.

We'll see incomes rising. You'll see millions of Venezuelans returning to this country.

You'll see this northern part of South America again as a prosperous, peaceful, American-allied region of the world.

I am not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.

The old world is gone.

The world is changing very fast right in front of us.

People are suffering. It's the coldest time of year.

That's why wars are bad and that's why we've worked so hard for over a year now to try to bring this one to an end.

These are the countries that are very strong with us, very cooperative with the United States, work very closely with us, and it's a good opportunity to go see them.

Two countries I've never been in.