told<\/a><\/span> Bloomberg that the current efforts are of a preliminary nature, discussions regarding the reopening are in an early stage, and no decision has yet been made.<\/p>\nDonald Trump, responding to a question from reporters on Air Force One about the possibility of reopening the embassy following the kidnapping of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, said, \u201cWe are thinking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The US suspended operations of its embassy in Venezuela in 2019, during Trump\u2019s first term, when it recognized opposition lawmaker Juan Guaid\u00f3 as president and claimed Maduro\u2019s 2018 reelection was illegitimate.<\/p>\n
Since 2019, responsibilities in Venezuela have been carried out by the US embassy in neighboring Colombia.<\/p>\n
According to a US official, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has criticized Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Ch\u00e1vez throughout his career, has assumed the management role for Venezuela.<\/p>\n
Rubio said on Sunday that the US expects Delcy Rodr\u00edguez to take positive steps in her general relations with the US.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will make an assessment based on what they do and what they will do in the future, not on their temporary public statements,\u201d Rubio said.<\/p>\n
Todd Robinson, a retired career diplomat who managed the US embassy in Caracas, said reopening the embassy would allow the US to take steps such as meeting with politicians and talking to the country’s influential military officials.<\/p>\n
Robinson, who was expelled by Maduro after the US and many other countries refused to recognize the 2018 election results, said, \u201cWe can do this by phone, but nothing replaces rebuilding the relationships you establish on the ground, not only in Caracas but in the rest of the country. Reopening the embassy would be a huge advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The Trump administration is taking the first steps to allow the reopening of the US embassy in Venezuela with the aim of influencing the policy of the new interim president, Delcy Rodr\u00edguez. People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the current efforts are of a preliminary nature, discussions regarding the reopening are in an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[15347,5946,13718,2047,7298,963,319,15345,2659,15346,13688,3583,2170,6014,15344,821,1406],"class_list":["post-12930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-america","tag-2018-elections","tag-bloomberg","tag-caracas","tag-colombia","tag-delcy-rodriguez","tag-diplomacy","tag-donald-trump","tag-embassy-reopening","tag-hugo-chavez","tag-interim-president","tag-juan-guaido","tag-marco-rubio","tag-nicolas-maduro","tag-state-department","tag-todd-robinson","tag-us","tag-venezuela"],"yoast_head":"\n
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