The embassy struggled to keep going without fresh water and fuel for generators.
By Carol Morello and Carol Morello National reporter focusing on foreign policy and State Department Email Bio Follow Mary Beth Sheridan Mary Beth Sheridan Correspondent covering Mexico and Central America Email Bio Follow March 14 at 2:59 PM The last remaining U.S. diplomats in Caracas have left Venezuela “for the time being,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday shortly after they and their Marine guards boarded a flight for the United States.
The United States had withdrawn most of the diplomatic staff from the embassy five weeks ago, leaving a core group behind. But Pompeo determined that conditions had deteriorated so much that it was necessary pull out the remaining diplomats for their safety as the embassy struggled to keep going without fresh water and fuel for generators.
President Nicolás Maduro said in a speech this week that he hoped the U.S. and Venezuelan governments could continue negotiations to set up interest sections in each other’s capital — even as he blamed Washington for a massive five-day blackout that began Thursday and brought the South American country to a virtual halt.
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