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US Embassy in Venezuela Reopens Amidst Other International Developments
Caracas, Venezuela - The United States took steps to normalize relations with Venezuela, reopening its diplomatic mission in Caracas on Saturday, after a seven-year closure. Laura Dogu, the US chargé d'affaires for Venezuela, arrived to lead the mission, almost a month after a US military operation deposed former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, according to Euronews.
The reopening signals a thaw in relations between the two countries following Maduro's removal and the partial release of political prisoners. The embassy had been closed since 2019.
In other international news, a partial government shutdown in the United States, which began on Saturday due to disagreements between Democrats and Republicans over immigration enforcement, was expected to last until Tuesday. US House Speaker Mike Johnson blamed Democrat lawmakers for the impasse, citing their "lengthy demands," but expressed confidence that he had enough votes to end the shutdown by Tuesday, Euronews reported.
Meanwhile, discussions continued regarding the safety of Germany's gold reserves stored in the United States. Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, chair of the Defence Committee in the EU Parliament, highlighted the 1,236 tonnes of German gold stored in the US, as European trust in the US government wanes amid tariff threats and other policies, according to Euronews. Some politicians have called for the repatriation of these reserves.
In Eastern Europe, grain shipments from Russia to Armenia via Azerbaijan continued as part of the normalization process between Baku and Yerevan. On Sunday, 25 grain wagons, totaling 1,746 tonnes, were dispatched, Euronews reported. To date, 285 wagons carrying nearly 19,900 tonnes of grain have been transported through Azerbaijan.
Separately, Denmark's ongoing talks with the United States over a potential Greenland deal were unlikely to be influenced significantly by the country's pharmaceutical industry, despite Novo Nordisk's large market share in the US with weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, Euronews reported. Denmark's top exports to the United States are chemicals and related products, including pharmaceuticals, worth approximately DKK 21.5 billion (2.8 billion) in 2024, representing 34 percent of the country's exports.
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