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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tom Phillips in Caracas

‘A new chapter’: first commercial flight from US since 2019 lands in Venezuela

Venezuelan and US flags waved from the cockpit
Venezuelan and US flags waved from the cockpit after the flight landed at Simón Bolívar international airport. Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

US and Venezuelan officials have hailed a new era in diplomatic relations as the first direct commercial flight between the two countries in more than seven years landed in Caracas.

Nearly four months ago, US special forces attack helicopters and planes swept into the skies over Venezuela’s capital after Donald Trump ordered the capture of its president, Nicolás Maduro.

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