New U.S. Envoy Arrives in Venezuela to Reopen Embassy After 7 Years

Ambassador Laura Dogu has arrived in Caracas with diplomatic personnel to reopen the U.S. embassy in the Venezuelan capital after a seven year pause.

“I just arrived in Venezuela. My team and I are ready to work,” Dogu wrote on the embassy’s social media accounts upon arriving to Venezuela’s Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía on Saturday.

RNV, the Venezuelan regime’s main state-owned radio station, reports that Dogu was welcomed by Foreign Minister Yván Gil who, on a social media post indicated that the American diplomat’s arrival is part of a working agenda between both countries “aimed at establishing a roadmap for work on matters of bilateral interest, as well as addressing and resolving existing differences through diplomatic dialogue and on the basis of mutual respect and international