US considering seeking new envoy to Venezuela

The Obama administration says it may nominate a new ambassador to Venezuela after its previous choice was rejected by the government of President Hugo Chavez.

State Department spokesman PJ Crowley said the US believes it is important to have an ambassador in Caracas in order to manage relations, which have been strained by Chavez's condemnations of the US and by American criticisms that democracy is deteriorating in Venezuela. (AP)