US Lifts Sanctions on Venezuela Leader

The United States has lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President, Delcy Rodriguez, marking a significant thaw in relations less than three months after a US military raid captured her predecessor, Nicolas Maduro. Rodriguez’s name was deleted from the “Specially Designated Nationals List,” according to a post on the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control…

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US Flag Flies at Venezuelan Embassy After Seven Years

The United States flag flew above the American embassy in Caracas on Saturday for the first time in seven years, marking the restoration of diplomatic relations following the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and a dramatic shift in bilateral ties between Washington and Caracas. Laura Dogu, the US Charge d’Affaires and the embassy’s…

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Venezuelan Opposition Leader Machado Hands Trump Nobel Peace Prize Medallion During White House Visit

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday presented U.S. President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medallion during a high-level visit to the White House, a symbolic gesture she described as recognition of what she called Trump’s “historic” role in ending Nicolás Maduro’s rule in Venezuela. Two White House officials confirmed to CBS…

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