Countries announced on March 5 that they would reestablish their relations, but, until this Monday, diplomatic activities were carried out remotely, from the embassy in Bogotá
A United States embassy in Caracas has resumed operations this Monday (30), after seven years of interrupted diplomatic relations, the State Department reported. The US and Venezuela announced on March 5 that they would reestablish their relations, but, until this Monday, diplomatic activities were carried out remotely, from the embassy in Bogotá.
“We have formally resumed operations at the United States Embassy in Caracas, marking a new chapter in our diplomatic presence in Venezuela,” the statement said. The American diplomatic representative, Laura Dogu, has been in Venezuela since January, and her team has been preparing the mission in Caracas.
“The resumption of operations at the United States Embassy in Caracas is a key milestone in the implementation of the President’s three-phase plan [Trump] for Venezuela and will strengthen our ability to establish direct dialogue with the interim government of Venezuela, civil society and the private sector,” the statement added.
After the capture, in a military intervention, of the deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, Donald Trump’s government announced that it intended to first promote economic stabilization, with the recovery of the oil sector, and then encourage the entry of foreign investment and, finally, a political transition.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated to Congress that these steps could overlap.
Venezuelan embassy in Washington
At the same time, the Venezuela also regained possession of its embassy in Washingtonaccording to reports on social media.
The vice minister for North America, Oliver Blanco, published a video on X last week at the headquarters of the diplomatic mission, alongside the charge d’affaires, in which he reported on meetings at the State Department to “explore opportunities to strengthen the bilateral relationship”.
The United States Treasury Department announced last week that authorized economic transactions to facilitate the reopening of the mission Venezuelan.
Following Maduro’s overthrow on January 3 and the inauguration of his replacement, Delcy Rodríguez, in Caracas, the United States quickly began lifting sanctions on the Venezuelan oil sector. To the At the same time, Caracas enacted a legal reform of the sectorwhile freeing political prisoners.
Delcy Rodríguez, much praised in public by Trump, is reshaping the government and homeland security apparatus.
Washington keeps revenue from the sale of Venezuelan oil in a bank account under its control. And in the Caribbean it also has a flotilla in charge since September of destroying what it classifies as “narcolanchas”, controversial operations that have already caused at least 163 deaths.
the last one last Thursday.
Maduro is accused of conspiracy to commit “narcoterrorism,” conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess these weapons.
*AFP
