US officials back in Venezuela in a bid to rebuild ties

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US officials back in Venezuela in a bid to rebuild ties
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Senior Biden administration officials have quietly traveled to Venezuela in the latest bid to rebuild relations with the South American oil giant. The visit comes as the war in Ukraine drags on, driving higher gas prices.

Maduro was referring to another surprise trip in March by Carstens, Story and Juan Gonzalez, the National Security Council director for the Western Hemisphere. That was the first White House trip to the county in more than two decades, and it resulted in the release of two U.S. citizens that were considered unjustly detained and a promise from Maduro to re-engage in negotiations with his opponents.

Since the March trip, both the Biden administration and Venezuela’s socialist government have shown a willingness to engage after years of hostilities between Washington and Caracas over Maduro’s 2018 re-election, which was marred by irregularities. The U.S. and other nations withdrew recognition of Maduro after that election, and instead, they consider Guaido Venezuela’s legitimate leader.

The White House has also given Chevron an exemption to negotiate the terms of its license with PDVSA and lifted sanctions imposed in 2017 targeting the nephew of First Lady Cilia Flores, who at the time was accused of facilitating corruption while a top official at state run oil giant PDVSA.

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