US Embassy – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Thu, 20 Aug 2020 13:38:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png US Embassy – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Venezuela’s Human Bargaining Chips https://onvenezuela.com/venezuelas-human-bargaining-chips/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelas-human-bargaining-chips Thu, 20 Aug 2020 13:38:04 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=5146

The Castro regime in Cuba has a long history of using political prisoners to negotiate with the civilized world—for sanctions relief, financial aid, or the release of convicted spies. Now Venezuela may be getting into the act by refusing to let more than 800 Americans leave the country. Editorial. Full Text-> WSJ

]]> Top US diplomat finds virtual path into Venezuela amid rift https://onvenezuela.com/top-us-diplomat-finds-virtual-path-into-venezuela-amid-rift/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-us-diplomat-finds-virtual-path-into-venezuela-amid-rift Mon, 15 Jun 2020 11:42:26 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=3860

Each Thursday afternoon, James Story hits the “Go Live” button on Facebook from his office in the U.S. Embassy in Bogota or his home in the Colombian capital hundreds of miles from Caracas. In a freewheeling approach, he answers questions in fluent Spanish from Venezuelans and the few U.S. citizens still in the country, addressing the latest intrigue and turmoil bubbling over in Venezuela and the United States. By Scott Smith. Full Text-> Outlook News Scroll

]]> US Making Plans To Reopen Embassy In Venezuela – Pompeo https://onvenezuela.com/us-making-plans-to-reopen-embassy-in-venezuela-pompeo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-making-plans-to-reopen-embassy-in-venezuela-pompeo Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:45:35 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=2941

“I’ve asked my team to update our plans to reopen the US embassy in Caracas so that we are ready to go as soon as [Venezuela President Nicolas] Maduro steps aside and I am confident that we will raise that flag again in Caracas,” Pompeo said. By Muhammad Irfan. Full Text -> UrduPoint

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