{"id":15088,"date":"2026-03-14T20:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=15088"},"modified":"2026-03-14T20:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:02:09","slug":"us-embassy-in-venezuela-reopens-as-trump-pushes-for-access-to-resources-donald-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=15088","title":{"rendered":"US embassy in Venezuela reopens as Trump pushes for access to resources | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The United States says that it has reopened its embassy in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas after a seven-year hiatus, as President Donald Trump deepens ties with the South American country\u2019s new government.<\/p>\n<p>The US embassy said in a social media <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/usembassyve\/status\/2032819261165416506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> on Saturday that the flag over the embassy has been raised once again, in a ceremonial step that signals the resumption of diplomatic activities in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cThe morning of March 14, 2019, the American flag was lowered for the final time at US Embassy Caracas. This morning, on March 14, 2026, at the same time, my team and I raised the American flag\u2014exactly seven years after it was lowered,\u201d Charge d\u2019Affaires Laura Dogu wrote in the post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA new era for US-Venezuela relations has begun. Onward with Venezuela.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The US restored diplomatic ties earlier this month, and Dogu, the embassy\u2019s most senior diplomat, added that the US was committed to \u201cstaying with Venezuela\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has held up Venezuela as a model for regime change in other countries, including Iran, that have been in conflict with the US.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed diplomatic ties come after the US launched a deadly military operation on January 3 on Venezuelan soil, culminating in the\u00a0abduction of former President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.<\/p>\n<p>Since Maduro\u2019s removal, the socialist leader\u2019s former vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, has taken over as interim president, with Trump\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n<p>But the Trump administration has pressed Rodriguez\u2019s government for multiple concessions, including access to the country\u2019s vast oil reserves and other natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Rodriguez has championed laws to open the country\u2019s nationalised oil and mining sectors to foreign investment.<\/p>\n<p>Her country has also transferred approximately 80 million barrels of oil into US hands, which have then been sold by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his allies have framed such developments as the beginning of a new era of comity with Venezuela, after years of tension between Caracas and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>But critics point to comments Trump has made threatening Rodriguez as evidence of potential coercion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf she doesn\u2019t do what\u2019s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,\u201d Trump said in an interview with The Atlantic magazine, published on January 4.<\/p>\n<p>In the lead-up to Maduro\u2019s abduction, Trump and advisers like Stephen Miller had argued that Venezuelan oil was, in fact, US property, given the history of US oil exploration in the region and the 2007 push to expropriate property from US companies like ExxonMobil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerican sweat, ingenuity and toil created the oil industry in Venezuela,\u201d Miller <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StephenM\/status\/2001287800847474981?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> last December on social media. \u201cIts tyrannical expropriation was the largest recorded theft of American wealth and property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts, however, say such statements represent an erasure of Venezuelan sovereignty. International law guarantees each country \u201cpermanent sovereignty\u201d over its own natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>But the Trump administration has openly talked about controlling Venezuela\u2019s resources \u201cindefinitely\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to run it, essentially,\u201d Trump said of Venezuela in his speech on January 3.<\/p>\n<p>The US has continued to exert substantial control over Venezuela\u2019s oil sales, even blocking its fuel trade with Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from US-led oil sales, meanwhile,\u00a0are deposited in a US-controlled bank account, to be divided up between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez urged Trump on Friday to ease remaining US sanctions on Venezuela in order to open the door for improved economic conditions in the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info The United States says that it has reopened its embassy in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas after a seven-year hiatus, as President Donald Trump deepens ties with the South American country\u2019s new government. 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