CARACAS, January 31, 2026 (EFE).– The chancellor of Venezuela, Yván Gil Pintoreported today Saturday that he received in Caracas the new charge d’affaires of the United States in this country, Laura Doguto mark a work roadmap “on matters of bilateral interest.”
Through a message on Telegram, Gil Pinto He indicated that existing differences will be addressed and resolved through “diplomatic dialogue and on the basis of mutual respect and international law.”
We have received in Caracas the American diplomat Laura Dogu, US envoy, within the framework of the work agenda between the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the United States of North America, aimed at establishing a work roadmap on issues… pic.twitter.com/zBJ4kWsUla
— Yvan Gil (@yvangil) January 31, 2026
The ambassador Laura Dogu arrived in Caracas today, Saturday, to reopen the diplomatic mission of USA in Venezuelaclosed for seven years after the breaking of diplomatic relations between both countries.
The United States Embassy in Venezuela shared, on his X account, two photographs of Laura Dogu when getting off the plane Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetía, which serves the Venezuelan capital.
I just arrived in Venezuela. My team and I are ready to work. – L.F.D. pic.twitter.com/6N5df9Afd0
— US Embassy, Venezuela (@usembassyve) January 31, 2026
The US plan for Venezuela: three phases
Laura Dogu will serve as chargé d’affaires of the Venezuelan Affairs Unit and will work with people from the public and private sectors, as well as civil society, to promote a three-stage plan established by the government of USA.
He US Secretary of State, Marco Rubiodeveloped a plan to Venezuela to be executed in the following three phases: stabilization, recovery and democratic transition.
Almost a month after EU stopped the January 3, 2026 al president of Venezuela, Nicolas Madurorelations with the Caribbean country enter a new phase with the reopening of the US diplomatic mission.
Appointment
On January 22, the government of Donald Trump named Laura Dogu as charge d’affaires of the Affairs Unit for Venezuelawhich until now was based in Colombia.
This unit is the office of the State Department responsible for managing relationships with Venezuela since the suspension of operations of the Embassy in Caracas in 2019.
The breakup of the US and Venezuela
Venezuela y USA They broke off relations in 2019, after the first government of Trump recognized the former opposition deputy Juan Guaidó as interim president of the South American country.
Following this announcement, the government of Maduro He then expelled James Storychargé d’affaires at Caracasand the rest of the American diplomatic corps.
Since then, Washington manages everything related to the oil country from its US Foreign Office for Venezuelalocated in your Embassy in Bogotá.
On January 9, 2026, the venezuelan governmententrusted to Delcy Rodriguezannounced the beginning of a “diplomatic exploratory process” with USAaimed at the “reestablishment of diplomatic missions in both countries” and to address the consequences of what they consider as “kidnapping” of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Floresdetained on January 3 by US military personnel on Venezuelan soil.
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