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Venezuela closes embassies in Norway and Australia, shifting to Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe amid U.S. tensions and a Nobel Peace Prize dispute.
Venezuela has closed its embassies in Norway and Australia, relocating diplomatic operations to Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe as part of a strategic realignment amid rising tensions with the United States.
The move, cited as a resource reassignment, coincides with the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize award to opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, which Venezuela did not acknowledge.
New missions will focus on cooperation in agriculture, energy, education, and mining.
Norway expressed regret but affirmed its desire to maintain dialogue.
The shift reflects Venezuela’s broader diplomatic pivot toward Global South nations aligned with its anti-colonial stance and critical of U.S. actions.
Venezuela cierra las embajadas en Noruega y Australia, cambiándolas a Burkina Faso y Zimbabue en medio de las tensiones con Estados Unidos y una disputa por el Premio Nobel de la Paz.