{"id":1860608,"date":"2026-04-02T03:13:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1860608"},"modified":"2026-04-02T03:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:13:50","slug":"us-lifts-sanctions-on-venezuelas-acting-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1860608","title":{"rendered":"US lifts sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rodriguez was formally recognized by the US as Venezuela’s leader in MarchImage: Juan Barreto\/AFP<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The United States<\/a> has lifted sanctions against Venezuela’s<\/a> interim President Delcy Rodriguez<\/a>, a post on the US Treasury Department’s website said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez assumed the office after Washington deposed her predecessor Nicolas Maduro<\/a> \u2014 with US forces conducting a raid on Venezuela’s capital, Caracas,\u00a0and seizing him on January 3.<\/p>\n

What does the lifting of US sanctions mean for\u00a0Rodriguez?<\/h2>\n

Rodriguez’s\u00a0name was removed from the “Specially Designated Nationals List,” according to an entry by the Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.<\/p>\n

The move enables Rodr\u00edguez to work with US companies and investors more freely.<\/p>\n

She welcomed the decision in a statement posted on X, calling it a “significant step in the right direction to normalize and strengthen relations” between the US and Venezuela.<\/p>\n

“We trust that this \u200cprogress will allow for the lifting of the sanctions currently in place on our \u200ccountry, \u200benabling the building and guaranteeing of an effective bilateral cooperation agenda for the benefit of our peoples,” she said.<\/p>\n

Rodr\u00edguez was Maduro’s vice president.<\/p>\n

She was among several individuals in the former leader’s so-called “inner circle” sanctioned by the Treasury in 2018, during US President Donald Trump’s<\/a> first stint in office.<\/p>\n

Thawing US-Venezuela relations<\/h2>\n

Ties between Washington and Caracas are on the mend after Maduro’s ouster.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez was formally recognized by the US as Venezuela’s leader in March and is walking a tight rope between demands from Washington and those from her own supporters. .<\/p>\n

She has since been complying with Trump’s demands for Venezuela to open up<\/a> its energy industry to US companies.<\/p>\n

Washington has removed sanctions on major Venezuelan industries.<\/p>\n

In March, the Treasury Department issued an authorization allowing the state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela S.A., or PDVSA, to directly sell Venezuelan oil to US companies and on international markets.<\/p>\n

In a key development on Monday, the US State Department announced the formal reopening of its embassy<\/a> in Caracas which had been shut for seven years.<\/p>\n

Edited by: Srinivas Mazumdaru<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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The United States<\/a> has lifted sanctions against Venezuela’s<\/a> interim President Delcy Rodriguez<\/a>, a post on the US Treasury Department’s website said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez assumed the office after Washington deposed her predecessor Nicolas Maduro<\/a> \u2014 with US forces conducting a raid on Venezuela’s capital, Caracas,\u00a0and seizing him on January 3.<\/p>\n

What does the lifting of US sanctions mean for\u00a0Rodriguez?<\/h2>\n

Rodriguez’s\u00a0name was removed from the “Specially Designated Nationals List,” according to an entry by the Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.<\/p>\n

The move enables Rodr\u00edguez to work with US companies and investors more freely.<\/p>\n

She welcomed the decision in a statement posted on X, calling it a “significant step in the right direction to normalize and strengthen relations” between the US and Venezuela.<\/p>\n

“We trust that this \u200cprogress will allow for the lifting of the sanctions currently in place on our \u200ccountry, \u200benabling the building and guaranteeing of an effective bilateral cooperation agenda for the benefit of our peoples,” she said.<\/p>\n

Rodr\u00edguez was Maduro’s vice president.<\/p>\n

She was among several individuals in the former leader’s so-called “inner circle” sanctioned by the Treasury in 2018, during US President Donald Trump’s<\/a> first stint in office.<\/p>\n

Thawing US-Venezuela relations<\/h2>\n

Ties between Washington and Caracas are on the mend after Maduro’s ouster.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez was formally recognized by the US as Venezuela’s leader in March and is walking a tight rope between demands from Washington and those from her own supporters. .<\/p>\n

She has since been complying with Trump’s demands for Venezuela to open up<\/a> its energy industry to US companies.<\/p>\n

Washington has removed sanctions on major Venezuelan industries.<\/p>\n

In March, the Treasury Department issued an authorization allowing the state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela S.A., or PDVSA, to directly sell Venezuelan oil to US companies and on international markets.<\/p>\n

In a key development on Monday, the US State Department announced the formal reopening of its embassy<\/a> in Caracas which had been shut for seven years.<\/p>\n

Edited by: Srinivas Mazumdaru<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The United States<\/a> has lifted sanctions against Venezuela’s<\/a> interim President Delcy Rodriguez<\/a>, a post on the US Treasury Department’s website said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez assumed the office after Washington deposed her predecessor Nicolas Maduro<\/a> \u2014 with US forces conducting a raid on Venezuela’s capital, Caracas,\u00a0and seizing him on January 3.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez’s\u00a0name was removed from the “Specially Designated Nationals List,” according to an entry by the Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.<\/p>\n

The move enables Rodr\u00edguez to work with US companies and investors more freely.<\/p>\n

She welcomed the decision in a statement posted on X, calling it a “significant step in the right direction to normalize and strengthen relations” between the US and Venezuela.<\/p>\n

“We trust that this \u200cprogress will allow for the lifting of the sanctions currently in place on our \u200ccountry, \u200benabling the building and guaranteeing of an effective bilateral cooperation agenda for the benefit of our peoples,” she said.<\/p>\n

Rodr\u00edguez was Maduro’s vice president.<\/p>\n

She was among several individuals in the former leader’s so-called “inner circle” sanctioned by the Treasury in 2018, during US President Donald Trump’s<\/a> first stint in office.<\/p>\n

Ties between Washington and Caracas are on the mend after Maduro’s ouster.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez was formally recognized by the US as Venezuela’s leader in March and is walking a tight rope between demands from Washington and those from her own supporters. .<\/p>\n

She has since been complying with Trump’s demands for Venezuela to open up<\/a> its energy industry to US companies.<\/p>\n

Washington has removed sanctions on major Venezuelan industries.<\/p>\n

In March, the Treasury Department issued an authorization allowing the state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela S.A., or PDVSA, to directly sell Venezuelan oil to US companies and on international markets.<\/p>\n

In a key development on Monday, the US State Department announced the formal reopening of its embassy<\/a> in Caracas which had been shut for seven years.<\/p>\n

Edited by: Srinivas Mazumdaru<\/em><\/p>\n

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