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US and Venezuela agree to reestablish diplomatic relations in major shift after Maduro's ouster

(5 Mar 2026) RESTRICTON SUMMARY: ++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT HAS BEEN EXTENDED WITH AN ADDITIONAL SOUNDBITE IN SHOT 11++ ASSOCIATED PRESS La Guaira, Venezuela - 5 March 2026 1. Various of U.S. airplane at Venezuela's Simon Bolivar international airport 2. Caravan of U.S. diplomatic vehicles arriving at airport 3. U.S. interior secretary Doug Burgum arriving to speak with the press 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Doug Burgum, U.S. Secretary of Interior: "I think you're going to see this government very concerned about providing the right kind of security. We heard assurances in the meeting today and yesterday that if companies wanted to get to these areas, do due diligence, think about reopening mines, maybe even getting back to mines that they themselves were running 15 or 20 years ago, that this government would ensure their security. So I'm feeling very optimistic about an environment where investment is going to flow, not just to offshore oil and gas, not just to Caracas, but actually to the interior, where these enormous resources exist." 5. Burgum speaking 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Doug Burgum, U.S. Secretary of Interior: "Getting capital investment flowing in this country will help. The bank reserves at 70 percent are among the highest in the world. That's choking off consumer credit. There's a big opportunity here for, again, for the average citizen to have more access to credit, less hyperinflation, greater jobs, and they'll see the benefits. Because, of course, when the oil starts flowing, those revenues, a big chunk of those going back to the government to provide services for the people of this country. So, you know, today we had positive for it. Chevron, who's been operating here, announced this morning in our meeting that they had record production. Yesterday was their all-time record production, and they know they can go even higher than that going forward." 7. Burgum speaking 8. Journalist asking question to Burgum 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Doug Burgum, U.S. Secretary of Interior: "The process right now is to clear the path for capital investment through issuing licenses. There was four general licenses that were issued that opened up broad swaths of the oil and gas industry. Stay tuned and expect to see a similar set of general licenses for the mining industry, and that would include people that want to invest in mines, people that want to ship mining equipment, people that want new technology to come here. We want to open the door for those to come back in, and the fastest path that we can do right now is through the licensing process." 10. Burgum walking towards plane accompanied by Venezuelan diplomat Felix Plasencia and official Oliver Blanco 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Doug Burgum, U.S. Secretary of Interior: “We certainly talked about a positive future for this country. And here's a number of things happening under the current leadership that are very positive for everybody in this country and I think you're seeing that in the laws that are being passed. They're, again, creating a framework that is going to be more peace, more stability, more prosperity for the people of Venezuela. So right now, we're very pleased in the direction that this country is going. And the United States is very happy to be a supportive partner in this progress." 12. Burgum getting into plane and greeting 13. Various of plane taxing 14. Plane flying STORYLINE: The United States and Venezuela agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations in a major shift in a historically adversarial relationship, the State Department said on Thursday. AP Video shot by Juan Arraez Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...