"CARACAS (AP) U.S. charge d'affaires Laura Dogu arrived in Caracas on Saturday to reopen the American diplomatic mission in Venezuela after seven years of severed ties. The move comes almost one month after a military action ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump removed the South American country's then-leader Nicolas Maduro from office. My team and I are ready to work, Dogu said in a message posted by the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela s account on X. It also posted pictures of her upon her landing at Maiquetia airport."
"Venezuela and the United States broke off diplomatic relations in February 2019 in a decision by Maduro. They closed their embassies mutually after Trump gave public support to lawmaker Juan Guaido who claimed to be the nation's interim president in January that year. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, one of Venezuela's most powerful politicians and a Maduro loyalist, said earlier in January that reopening the U.S. embassy would give the Venezuelan government a way to oversee the treatment of the deposed president, who is jailed in the U.S. Venezuela's foreign minister Yvan Gil said in a message on Telegram that Dogu's arrival is part of a joint schedule to deal with and resolve existing differences through diplomatic dialogue, in a foundation of mutual respect and (based on) international law. Dogu, who was previously ambassador in Nicaragua and Honduras, arrived in Venezuela one day after the country's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, announced an amnesty bill to release political prisoners."
U.S. charge d'affaires Laura Dogu arrived in Caracas to reopen the American diplomatic mission after seven years without formal U.S.-Venezuela diplomatic ties. The arrival followed a military action ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump that removed Nicolas Maduro from office about one month earlier. Dogu posted that her team is ready to work and the U.S. Embassy shared photos of her arrival at Maiquetia airport. Venezuela and the United States severed relations in February 2019 after Maduro closed ties amid U.S. support for Juan Guaidó. Venezuelan officials offered differing public responses, with one warning of oversight concerns and the foreign minister framing the arrival as part of a joint schedule to resolve differences through diplomatic dialogue and international law. Dogu previously served as ambassador in Nicaragua and Honduras and arrived one day after the interim president announced an amnesty bill for political prisoners.
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