American Warns Venezuela's Acting President, While Also Advancing Normalization of Relations
While continuing to pressure individuals labeled by the U.S. as "drug traffickers" without providing evidence, the U.S. is also working with Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, to normalize relations.
The U.S. government stated that its demands on Rodríguez include opening the energy sector to American companies, granting priority rights for exploration, using oil revenues to purchase American products, and ending subsidized oil exports to Cuba.
Rodríguez was previously vice president under Maduro. On Tuesday, she stated that her government has established a "mutually respectful and polite communication channel" with the United States. Currently, it seems she has accepted Trump's relevant demands and has begun releasing prisoners detained during the administrations of Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chávez.
As an important step in restoring diplomatic relations between the two countries, the U.S. Department of State has informed Congress this week of its plan to send more diplomatic and support staff to Caracas to prepare for the possible re-opening of the U.S. embassy in Venezuela, which was closed in 2019.
However, to achieve full normalization of relations, the U.S. still needs to revoke its recognition of the Venezuelan parliament elected in 2015 as the country's legitimate government.
Source: rfi
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