Coromoto Godoy

Coromoto Godoy Calderón She is a Venezuelan diplomat. During her diplomatic career, she served as ambassador for the governments of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro in Trinidad and Tobago, India, and Spain. She currently serves as Minister of Foreign Trade of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Career

Coromoto graduated as a lawyer from the Central University of Venezuela, specializing in analysis, planning and strategic negotiation at the Universidad Interactiva de Málaga, in Spain. 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. After presenting her documents as ambassador to the Spanish chancellery in January 2023, Godoy presented her credentials before King Felipe VI in May, along with the ambassador appointed by Nicaragua to Spain.

Personal life

Godoy is the niece of Humberto Calderón Berti, former Venezuelan oil minister and former president of Petróleos de Venezuela.