{"id":237773,"date":"2025-05-21T15:15:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T19:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=237773"},"modified":"2025-05-21T15:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T19:16:41","slug":"american-detainee-freed-from-venezuela-handed-over-to-the-us-in-antigua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/american-detainee-freed-from-venezuela-handed-over-to-the-us-in-antigua\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua and Barbuda Facilitates Prisoner Swap Between US and Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1269766155\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Joe St. Clair is back in America,&#8221; Grenell said in a post on X, adding he had met Venezuelan officials in &#8220;a neutral country&#8221; earlier in the day to negotiate.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2022651006\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, 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It had been set to expire on May 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advertisement \u00b7 Scroll to continueReport This Ad<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloomberg originally reported the meeting and Grenell&#8217;s offer on Tuesday, citing a single, unnamed source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 60-day extension would need to be approved by the U.S. Treasury Department and State Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If granted, the extension would not necessarily lead to the resumption of its exports of Venezuelan oil to the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Venezuela&#8217;s state-owned PDVSA canceled cargoes to the company in April over payment uncertainty, a situation that has not been resolved. 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