A meeting in Caracas that sets the course
The United States chargé d’affaires for Venezuela, Laura Dogu, sat down this Monday with Delcy Rodríguez, the Venezuelan president in charge. The meeting, at the presidential palace in Caracas, is another tangible movement towards the resumption of full diplomatic ties.
It happened almost a month after that military operation that ended with the capture of former president Nicolás Maduro. Official photos show a formal living room, but the conversation was direct.
Beyond the protocol greeting
Dogu was not limited to one meeting. He also met Jorge Rodríguez, president of the National Assembly. The message was clear: reiterate the three-phase plan proposed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“Stabilization, economic recovery and reconciliation, and transition” are the pillars that Washington wants to see underway.
The diplomat shared the details through her office’s official account on social networks. It wasn’t just talking; It was marking a road map.
This approach comes just two days after Dogu landed in the Venezuelan capital. The stated objective is clear: reopen diplomatic missions.
These embassies have been closed since 2019. That year everything broke when then-president Donald Trump recognized the opponent Juan Guaidó as legitimate interim president. Caracas responded by cutting all official contact with Washington.
Now, with a radically different political panorama after the forced departure of Maduro, the pieces are moving again on the board. Every meeting like this is one more brick on a bridge they are trying to rebuild.
The question that remains floating in the air is whether these theoretically agreed phases will find fertile ground in a Venezuela that is trying to stabilize after years of deep crisis.
