Laura Dogue, the top U.S. ambassador to Venezuela, arrives in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 31, 2026, as the two countries gradually resume bilateral ties, in this picture obtained from social media. (X/@usembassyve via Reuters).
US Ambassador Laura Dogue arrived in Caracas on Saturday (January 31, 2026). Reopen the US diplomatic mission in Venezuela After seven years of breaking up the relationship.
The move comes after about a month Military action ordered by US President Donald Trump The South American country’s then-leader Nicolas Maduro was removed from office.
“My team and I are ready to work,” Ms. Dogu said in a message posted on X by the US Embassy in Venezuela. His pictures were also posted upon his landing at Myketia Airport.
Venezuela and the United States severed diplomatic ties in February 2019 over Maduro’s decision and closed each other’s embassies after Mr Trump publicly backed lawmaker Juan Guede in his bid to become the nation’s interim president in January of that year.
Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, one of Venezuela’s most powerful politicians and a Maduro loyalist, said the reopening of the US embassy in January would give the Venezuelan government a way to treat the ousted president jailed in the US.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil said in a message on Telegram that Ms Dogu’s arrival was part of a joint schedule to “address and resolve existing differences through diplomatic dialogue based on mutual respect and (based on) international law”. Ms. Dogu, who was ambassador to Nicaragua and Honduras, arrived in Venezuela a day after the country’s interim president, Delsy Rodriguez, announced an amnesty bill that would free political prisoners. That move is one of the main demands of Venezuela’s opposition.
Published – February 01, 2026 at 05:59 am IST
