Key Highlights
- will "very quickly" reopen its embassy in Venezuela and establish a diplomatic presence on the ground, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- "We have a team on the ground there assessing it, and we think very quickly we'll be able to open a U. S.
- diplomatic presence on the ground," Rubio told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday.
- The goal, he said, would be not just to interact with officials on the ground but also "civil society and the opposition." Such a move would mean restoring diplomatic relations with Venezuela, which were broken off in 2019 when the U. S.
- embassy’s doors shuttered.
