The United States on Monday announced it would reopen its embassy in Caracas, Venezuela after the ouster of President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year.

American special forces extracted Maduro from the country in early January and brought him to New York to stand trial on drug trafficking charges. Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has since assumed control of the government and fostered a rapprochement with Washington.

The State Department stated that the move "will strengthen our ability to engage directly with Venezuela’s interim government, civil society, and the private sector," Politico reported.

Since Maduro's ouster, the U.S. has worked with Caracas to rebuild the Venezuelan oil industry and to stabilize the national economy. Trump has quipped that his removal of Maduro made him popular in the country and suggested he might seek the Venezuelan presidency when his term in the White House expires.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.