Another change unfolded in Caracas Thursday, with the United States confirming Laura F. Dogu -- a former ambassador to Nicaragua and Honduras -- as the new charge d’affaires to Venezuela. On Wednesday, a senior US official said Rodriguez would soon visit the United States, despite still being under Washington sanctions. Rodriguez has appeared ready to comply with Trump’s open interest in Venezuela’s oil. “We are in a process of dialogue, of working with the United States, without fear,” she said Wednesday. Trump has vowed to cut off all oil supplies to Cuba, which has relied for years on heavily-subsidized Venezuelan oil and cash to remain afloat.
