The United States officially resumed operations at its embassy in Venezuela on the 30th (local time), seven years after withdrawing its staff.
The U.S. State Department said in a notice from its spokesperson’s office that it had formally reopened the embassy in Caracas.
This marks seven years since the U.S. withdrew embassy personnel in March 2019.
At the time, President Nicolás Maduro severed diplomatic ties and ordered the withdrawal of U.S. diplomats after the United States recognized an opposition figure as interim president.
Since then, U.S. diplomatic affairs with Venezuela were managed by a dedicated section at the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.
Relations between the two countries began moving toward normalization after, in January, U.S. forces carried out a surprise military operation that resulted in President Maduro’s capture.
In February, the U.S. appointed Laura Dogu — a former ambassador to Honduras and other Latin American posts — as chargé d’affaires, and it has been refurbishing the embassy building in preparation for resumed operations.
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