CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) \u2014 The American flag was raised Saturday over the U.S. Embassy in\u00a0Venezuela\u00a0for the first time since 2019, a move that highlighted the recent shift in relations between the two countries since then President\u00a0Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u00a0was captured by American troops in January.<\/p>\n
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The U.S. flag was raised at the embassy in Venezuela for the first time since 2019
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Relations have shifted following Maduro\u2019s capture by American troops in January
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The embassy building is undergoing renovations and its full reopening date is unclear<\/p>\n
Though the flag is now waving, the building is undergoing renovations and it remains unclear when it will fully reopen.<\/p>\n
The move comes after several statements from U.S. President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0in support of Maduro\u2019s successor, acting\u00a0President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, who has tried to keep negotiations open with the American government.<\/p>\n
The flag was raised “exactly seven years after it was taken down,\u201d the U.S. Embassy team said in a statement published on its social media channels.<\/p>\n
The American flag being raised drew immediate attention from local residents.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a good thing, really, what a joy,\u201d said Caracas resident Luz Ver\u00f3nica L\u00f3pez. \u201cOther countries must come back too because that\u2019s what we need; progress, to move forward with good relations with the rest of the world, as it should be.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alessandro Di Benedetto, another Caracas resident, noted the positive atmosphere among those witnessing the moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI found several people here surprised and happy because today they raised the U.S. flag at the embassy,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is positive; this is another step.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the initiative, large chunks of Venezuelan society and the political establishment remain critics of Trump, his decision to forcefully remove Maduro from office and jail him in New York with his wife, and growing U.S. influence in the South American country’s oil industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) \u2014 The American flag was raised Saturday over the U.S. Embassy in\u00a0Venezuela\u00a0for the first time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[227282,2721,23,9515,76639,2724,3,111,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-524508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-a-block-national","tag-all-markets-rank-everywhere","tag-america","tag-app-national-politics","tag-app-us-world-news","tag-associated-press","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}