US reopens embassy in Venezuela months after military operation to remove Maduro

WASHINGTON — The United States has formally reopened its embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, after the restoration of full diplomatic relations with the South American country following the Trump administration’s ouster of then-President Nicolas Maduro in early January.
The State Department announced Monday that it had resumed normal operations at the embassy in Caracas – which had been in need of significant repair, including remediation from mold – after a seven-year closure that began during President Donald Trump’s first term.
A small team of U.S. diplomats, based in neighboring Colombia, has been working in Caracas for more than a month and hosted a flag-raising ceremony on March 14, but the embassy itself had not yet been reopened until Monday.