Venezuela’s Rodriguez Taps Washington Envoy for New Foreign Ministry Post
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The Acting President of Venezuela has appointed Johann Álvarez Márquez to lead the diplomatic mission to Washington in a context of government reshuffle.
Johann Álvarez Márquez was dismissed on Monday by a merger with the Chancellery. His mission will be to restore relations with Washington, broken for years.
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Venezueuela Delcy Rodríguez's "president-in-charge" took another step towards aligning herself with the United States. Félix Plasencia, a son of Tinerfeños immigrants and with a Spanish passport in his pocket, is his new foreign minister. The portfolio has been merged with Foreign Trade, to make it easier the economic articulation with Washington, which is the pillar of the departure of Nicolás Maduro from power, on January 3. Beginning with his…
Venezuela names its envoy to Washington as foreign minister in cabinet reshuffle
Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has appointed diplomat Félix Plasencia to head a new Ministry of Foreign Relations and Trade, merging the diplomatic and foreign trade portfolios. Plasencia had until now served as Venezuela's chief of mission in the United States, and replaces Yvan Gil, foreign minister since 2023, who moves to the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Delcy Rodriguez, acting president of the Caribbean nation, has appointed Felix Plasencia, head of the diplomatic mission in the United States. He has already served as ambassador in China, the United Kingdom and Colombia.
Félix Plasencia will assume the new Ministry of Foreign Relations and Trade, which merges diplomatic tasks and business
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