Published 2 years ago

Venezuela, Colombia seek to repair ties with appointments of new ambassadors

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Former Venezuelan Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia will soon be in Bogota. Armando Benedetti, a former senator, will be tasked with normalising diplomatic relations. Gustavo Petro was inaugurated as Colombia's first left-wing president on Sunday. He had pledged to reverse a decision by his predecessor Ivan Duque to sever diplomatic ties.

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Reuters

Venezuela, Colombia seek to repair ties with appointments of new ambassadors

Venezuela and Colombia on Thursday appointed ambassadors to each other's capitals, moving to rebuild relations between the two countries that have been broken for more than three years.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Venezuela president appoints former foreign minister Plasencia as ambassador to Colombia

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he appointed former foreign minister Felix Plasencia as ambassador to Colombia, during an official act broadcast on the state television channel Thursday. Read full story

2 years ago·Malaysia

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Infobae

Gustavo Petro appoints Armando Benedetti as Colombia's ambassador to Venezuela

The president of Colombia made the appointment minutes after it became known that dictator Nicolás Maduro will send Félix Plasencia to represent his country in Bogotá

2 years ago·C A B A, Argentina

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Al Jazeera

Venezuela, Colombia name ambassadors in attempt to repair ties

Venezuela, Colombia appoint envoys to each other’s capitals, aiming to restore relations after more than three years.

2 years ago·Qatar

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El Pais

Colombia and Venezuela make progress in re-establishing relations with the appointment of ambassadors

The Governments of Venezuela and Colombia are advancing in the normalization of their relations, broken since 2019, and announced this Thursday, almost simultaneously, the names that will lead their respective embassies in Bogotá and Caracas. The decision comes in the first week of Gustavo Petro's presidency in Colombia, after during his electoral campaign the left-wing leader defended the need to make this shift in foreign policy to overcome ye…

2 years ago·Spain

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Aristegui Noticias

Maduro and Petro appointed ambassadors to resume relations between Venezuela and Colombia

Senator Armando Benedetti will be Colombia's new ambassador to Venezuela, while former Venezuelan diplomat in China, Félix Plasencia, will be the head of the embassy in Colombia.

2 years ago

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