American Airlines (AA) This Thursday he resumed the connections between Venezuela y USA. The company had stopped flying to Caracas when the crisis broke out in January 2019 with the self-proclamation of the deputy Juan Guaidó as “interim president”. Nicholas Maduro decided to break relations with Washington due to the decision of Donald Trump to recognize the legitimacy of the legislator. Six years later, under the second Trump administration, Maduro is no longer in the Miraflores Palace and both countries are trying to regain the dynamism of trade relations under the Government of lto “president in charge”, Delcy Rodríguez. Starting in May, the airline will offer two daily flights, operated by AA subsidiary Envoy.
The return of the direct flights It could facilitate commercial and family exchange between the Venezuelan community in the United States and their country of origin. The novelty has been unequivocally interpreted as a new gesture from the US at a time when business is advancing in investments in the oil sector and a similar process is expected in mining and rare earths.
Strategic visit
In this context, the provisional Government expected this Thursday the landing of the director of the US National Energy Mastery CouncilJarrod Agen. The official is accompanied by a delegation made up of executives from the energy and mining sectors who will join the conversations with Rodríguez. The visit is preceded by that of Energy Secretary Chris Wrightwho publicly expressed his enthusiasm for the Venezuelan present and the horizon of associations with North American capitals. After his stay in Caracas, the National Assembly (AN) promoted and approved in a matter of weeks a new Mining law that is much more favorable to foreign investments.
The White House has given countless signs of support to the “president in charge” after the events of January 3 that led to the “kidnapping” of Maduro by United States special forces. Rodríguez is about to complete his fourth month at the head of the Executive. A recent survey by the Brazilian consulting firm Atlas Intel carried out for the Bloomberg portal shows that its positive image fell from 35% in March to 31% in Aprill. Disapproval has gone from 45% to 47%. The decline would reflect internal unrest due to the economic situation. Rodríguez has asked for patience. Venezuelans face high levels of inflation, have very low salaries, and the difficulties in accessing food, medicine, and basic services have not been resolved.
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