US EditionNew US charge d’affaires arrives in Venezuela to reopen diplomatic mission after 7 years
Laura Dogu arrives to reestablish US-Venezuela diplomatic ties, oversee phased embassy reopening, and support a $2 billion oil export deal, seven years after relations were cut.
- Laura Dogu, Chargé d'Affaires, arrived in Caracas to reopen the U.S. mission after seven years, with photos posted at Maiquetía's Simón Bolívar International Airport.
- Following an amnesty bill announced one day earlier, the U.S. reopened its embassy in Caracas after severing relations in February 2019 amid U.S. backing for opposition lawmaker Juan Guaidó.
- Dogu wrote on Instagram `My team and I are ready to get to work`, with Venezuelan officials framing her arrival as part of joint diplomatic talks.
- The mission's return restores direct diplomatic channels for negotiations over detainee treatment concerns, while commercial flights resumed this week after suspension since 2019.
- The move signals a broader shift after the rupture that began in February 2019, as resumed commercial flights and recent U.S. President Donald Trump’s military action suggest rapid normalization.
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Less than a month after the U.S. military operation in Venezuela and the capture of left-wing nationalist President Nicolás Maduro, Washington and Caracas took another step in their diplomatic approach: on Saturday, the new U.S. representative Laura Dogu arrived in the capital of Caracas. She was received by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil. On Friday, transitional President Delcy Rodríguez announced a large-scale amnesty of political prison…
The new head of the US diplomatic mission arrived in Venezuela on Saturday, welcomed by the South American country's foreign minister, as relations gradually warmed after a US military raid ousted Nicolas Maduro.
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The United States has taken a visible step toward restoring its diplomatic presence in Venezuela. On Friday, the newly appointed U.S. charge d’affaires arrived in Caracas, marking the first formal return of a senior American diplomat in seven years. The arrival follows a quiet diplomatic announcement from Washington signaling plans to reopen the U.S. mission, which was shuttered in 2019 amid a breakdown in relations with the government of Nicolá…
The new US chief diplomat for Venezuela has arrived in the capital Caracas.
US Envoy Arrives in Venezuela to Resume Diplomatic Mission After 7-Year Interruption
A U.S. envoy landed in Venezuela on Jan. 31 to resume diplomatic engagement in the country after a seven-year pause. In social media posts on Saturday, the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela shared photos from Laura F. Dogu—the chargé d’affaires to the Venezuela Affairs Unit—disembarking a plane and walking across a tarmac. “I just arrived in Venezuela. My team and I are ready to work,” Dogu said in a statement shared by the embassy. Dogu’s visit comes n…
Relations between the two countries enter a new phase with the reopening of the United States diplomatic mission
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