Caracas — US Chargé d’Affaires Laura Dugo arrived in Caracas on Saturday to reopen the US diplomatic mission there Venezuela Seven years after cutting ties.
The move comes nearly a month after military action ordered by US President Donald Trump to oust the then leader of the South American country Nicolas Maduro From the office.
Dojo said in a message published by the newspaper: “My team and I are ready to work.” US Embassy in Venezuela An account on X. He also posted photos of her landing at Maiquetia Airport.
Venezuela and the United States severed diplomatic relations in February 2019 by decision of Maduro. They mutually closed their embassies after Trump publicly supported lawmaker Juan Guaido who claimed to be the country’s interim president in January of that year.
Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, one of Venezuela’s most powerful politicians and a Maduro loyalist, said earlier in January that reopening the US embassy would give the Venezuelan government a way to oversee the treatment of the ousted president imprisoned in the United States.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Gil said in a message on Telegram that Dogu’s arrival is part of a joint timetable “to deal with existing disputes and resolve them through diplomatic dialogue, on the basis of mutual respect and (based on) international law.”
Dugo, who was a former ambassador to Nicaragua and Honduras, arrived in Venezuela one day after the country’s interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, announced a ceasefire. Amnesty bill To release political prisoners. This step was one of the main demands of the Venezuelan opposition.
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This story has been corrected to show that Dugu’s title is Chargé d’Affaires, not Ambassador.