Armando Benedetti will reopen an embassy that has been empty since February 2019. Maduro announced on the 23rd of that month the severance of diplomatic and consular relations, forcing the personnel remaining there to leave the country immediately.
Former senator Armando Benedetti will be the Colombian ambassador to Venezuela appointed by the elected president Gustavo Petro, who will be sworn in on August 7 at the Casa de Nariño, according to the media The Colombian.
Although the information has not been confirmed by Petro, the media learned of his early appointment. Benedetti precisely accompanied the next foreign minister, Álvaro Leyva, during his formal visit to Venezuela to meet with the delegates of the administration of Nicolás Maduro.
After that meeting, which was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Faria, and the Governor of Táchira, Freddy Bernal, information was given about the soft reset of relations between the two countries, frozen since 2019.
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On July 19, the Investigation Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice summoned Benedetti to an investigation into the case of the Financial Fund for Development Projects, where alleged irregularities in the hiring of that entity during the administration of Juan Manuel Santos are reviewed. .
Historical Pact sources detailed that Petro assigns him this mission because he is one of his trusted men. He landed in his political group, Colombia Humana, when the Partido de la U took away his endorsement. During his time in the Senate (2018-2022), a relationship began to strengthen that left him one of the closest for the presidential campaign.
Armando Benedetti will reopen an empty embassy since February 2019. Maduro announced on the 23rd of that month the severance of diplomatic and consular relations, forcing the personnel remaining there to leave the country immediately.
At that time, the office was in the hands of Germán Castañeda, charge d’affaires, although the already complex binational relationship limited the work to serving Colombians in the country.
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