Coromoto Godoy

Coromoto Godoy Calderón (c. 1965)[1] is a Venezuelan diplomat. During her diplomatic career, she has served as ambassador of the governments of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro to Trinidad and Tobago, India and Spain.

Coromoto Godoy
Ambassador of Venezuela to Spain
Assumed office
January 2023
Preceded byAntonio Ecarri Bolívar
Mauricio Rodríguez Gelfenstein (chargé d'affaires)
Ambassador of Venezuela to India
In office
2019–2022
Ambassador of Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago between
In office
2012–2019
Personal details
Bornc. 1965
NationalityVenezuelan
RelativesHumberto Calderón Berti (uncle)
Alma materCentral University of Venezuela
OccupationDiplomat

Career

Coromoto graduated as a lawyer from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), specializing in analysis, planning and strategic negotiation at the Universidad Interactiva de Málaga, in Spain.[2] She has worked in the foreign service since the early years of the Hugo Chávez government, since December 2000, serving as Venezuela's ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago between 2012 and 2019 and later as ambassador to India between 2019 and 2022. In early 2021 she began serving as Venezuela's chargé d'affaires in Spain.[2][3] After presenting her documents as ambassador to the Spanish chancellery in January 2023,[4] Godoy presented her credentials before King Felipe VI in May,[2] along with the ambassador appointed by Nicaragua to Spain.[1]

Personal life

Godoy is the niece of Humberto Calderón Berti, former Venezuelan oil minister and former president of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).[3]

See also

References
  1. Saavedra, Mario (2023-05-18). "España normaliza relaciones con Venezuela y Nicaragua con la acreditación de dos embajadores". El Periódico de España. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  2. Yanuacelis, A. (2023-05-17). "¿Quién es Coromoto Godoy, la nueva embajadora del régimen de Maduro en España?". El Diario. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  3. Vinogradoff, Ludmila (2023-01-18). "Venezuela corresponde a España y nombra nueva embajadora". ABC. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  4. "La nueva embajadora de Venezuela cumple con el primer trámite para representar a su país en España". Europa Press. 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
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