US deportation flights to Venezuela resume after spat
Nearly 200 people were on board the flight carrying Venezuelan migrants repatriated from the US.
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US repatriation flights to Venezuela had ground to a halt weeks ago after the Trump administration revoked a licence allowing Venezuela to export some of its oil to the US despite sanctions.
But on Saturday the two governments, which have no diplomatic relations, reached an agreement on resuming the flights, as part of the Trump administration's plan to remove undocumented migrants.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro described the flights as a chance to "rescue and free migrants from prisons in the US".
As they disembarked from the plane early on Monday, some of the deportees raised their arms and waved.
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