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Venezuela Shifts Diplomacy Amid U.S. Tensions and Nobel Prize

10/13/2025

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Venezuela's government closed its embassies in Norway and Australia and opened new ones in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe to reallocate resources amid rising tensions with the United States.
Norway expressed regret over the closure.
Norway seeks to maintain dialogue with Venezuela.
The timing coincided with the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Maria Corina Machado, who dedicated it to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Washington labeled Maduro's government illegitimate and a "narco-state."

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Venezuela's government closed its embassies in Norway and Australia and opened new ones in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe to reallocate resources amid rising tensions with the United States.
Norway expressed regret over the closure.
Norway seeks to maintain dialogue with Venezuela.
The timing coincided with the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Maria Corina Machado, who dedicated it to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Washington labeled Maduro's government illegitimate and a "narco-state."