Venezuela liberated the American citizen in the last exchange with the Trump administration Donald Trump News

The United States was transferred to the United States after being held for about six months in Venezuela.

Joseph Saint Claire, the Veteran Family in the US Air Force, confirmed his release on Tuesday, after his arrest in November last year.

“This news came suddenly, and we are still treating it, but we are immersed in joy and gratitude,” Saint Claire’s parents, Scott and Batti, said in a statement.

Richard Greenil, US President Donald Trump’s envoy, Richard Greenil, explained to social media that he had met the Venezuelan officials on the Caribbean island of Antigua to negotiate the release.

Al -Fadl Greenil is the freedom of Saint Claire on the Trump political platform “First America”.

“Joe Saint Claire returned to America,” is books. “I met the Venezuelan officials in a neutral country today to negotiate the first American strategy. This is only possible because (Trump) puts Americans first.”

Quoted by unknown sources familiar with the negotiations, Reuters news agency reported that Greenl discussed the St. Claire case on Tuesday with Jorge Rodriguez, President of the National Assembly of Venezuela and President Nicholas Maduro.

Reuters and another news agency, Bloomberg, reported that a deal to expand a 60 -day license in Venezuela to work in Venezuela.

The Trump administration had previously announced that it was canceling the license in February, on the basis that Venezuela did not support its commitment to fair elections. The license was scheduled to end on May 27.

Any extension is likely to need the approval of the US State Department and the United States Treasury.

The country of South America depends on oil as its economy. But since mid -2010, Venezuela has witnessed an economic crisis that has prompted even basic supplies such as food and medicine beyond what some families can bear.

This, in addition to the alleged political repression, paid immigration from about 7.9 million people from Venezuela, according to the United Nations.

In 2023, Venezuela adhered to electoral reforms under the Barbados Agreement, a deal that the United States applauded. The then US President Joe Biden ridicule restrictions on the oil industry in Venezuela in the wake of the agreement.

But Venezuela’s presidential elections on July 28, 2024 were widely criticized for her lack of transparency. While Maduro and his allies claimed that he had won a third term, the electoral authorities had not provided any evidence of his victory.

Instead, the opposition coalition published the voting connections, which said its candidate had won a landslide. This prompted widespread protests and a deadly repression of law enforcement.

During his first term in his post, from 2017 to 2021, Trump continued a campaign of “maximum pressure” on the Maduro government, until he provided a $ 15 million reward for information that led to the arrest of the Venezuelan leader.

However, critics indicated that Trump may need Venezuela’s cooperation to implement his goal of “collective deportation” during his second term.

Since his return to office in January, Trump has indicated ready to negotiate with Maduro. In late January, he sent to Greenil to He meets with Maduro Personally in the capital of Caracas. Part of Grenell’s direction was to ensure that all Americans detained in the country returned home.

When Greenil left the country, he revealed that he was returning with six Americans who were previously imprisoned in Venezuela.

In March, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio estimated that nine Americans remained in the reservation of Venezuela.

Venezuela, for her part, started to do so Accept deportation trips From the United States, although it refused in the past the acceptance of immigrants who have been removed from the United States.

The St. Claire family said that the military veteran was a specialist in the language who was seeking a treatment for turmoil after the shock in South America.