A US oil executive who was arrested in Venezuela four years ago and charged with corruption has been released by the government of Nicolás Maduro following the country’s first talks with American officials since 2019.
The US cut diplomatic ties with Maduro’s regime three years ago but sent a high-level delegation to Caracas on Saturday, as the Biden administration looks for alternative energy supplies after imposing sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
The meeting appeared to mark a major policy shift for the US, which was the biggest buyer of Venezuelan oil until the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Caracas in 2019, closed its embassy and accused Maduro of stealing a presidential election the previous year.
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