
Michael A. Barkin, new US ambassador to Venezuela. Photo: US Strategic Command.
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Michael A. Barkin, new US ambassador to Venezuela. Photo: US Strategic Command.
The United States government has designated Michael A. Barkin, who will assume his new post on May 19, as its new “ambassador” to Venezuela. As of that day, the term of the current US “ambassador” to Venezuela, who carries out his duties from Colombia, will end.
A brief profile of the new US diplomatic representative for Venezuela is presented here:
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Barkin is a lawyer by training and worked as a state prosecutor and public defender in Georgia prior to joining the US Foreign Service in 1995.
The change of ambassador may be related to the Biden administration’s recent attempts to get closer to Venezuela for energy interests. The previous ambassador James Story was, from the beginning of his tenure, associated with the United States’ Guaidó project and “regime change” policy in Venezuela. With the new ambassador appointment following Guaidó’s escape to the US, the Biden administration could be sending a signal that regime change operations in Venezuela may take a new turn.
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Misión Verdad is a Venezuelan investigative journalism website with a socialist perspective in defense of the Bolivarian Revolution