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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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José Olivares

US reopens embassy in Venezuela in significant thawing of relations

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The US embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. Photograph: Matias Delacroix/AP

The US government is resuming operations at its embassy in Venezuela, the state department announced on Monday, nearly three months since former president Nicolás Maduro was abducted from the country and locked up in the US.

The resumption of US diplomatic operations in Venezuela marks a significant step in the US-Venezuela relationship, as the Trump administration begins to work closely with the government of Delcy Rodríguez, the acting president who replaced Maduro after his forcible ousting by US troops. Rodríguez was Maduro’s vice-president.

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