US Flag Raised Over Embassy in Venezuela for First Time in 7 Years

The U.S. flag flew over the U.S. Embassy in the Venezuelan capital city of Caracas for the first time in exactly seven years. “On the morning of March 14, 2019, the American flag was lowered for the last time at the United States Embassy in Caracas,” Laura F. Dogu, the U.S. chargé d’affaires to Venezuela, said in a statement the embassy shared on X on Saturday. “This morning, March 14, 2026, at the same hour, my team and I raised the United States flag—exactly seven years after it was removed. A new era for U.S.-Venezuela relations has begun. Onward with Venezuela.”...