US lifts sanctions on Venezuela’s top legislator
- Jorge Rodriguez has been removed from OFAC’s sanctions list in latest US push for oil control and bilateral diplomacy.
- The United States Department of the Treasury has lifted sanctions on the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, brother of the country’s interim President, Delcy Rodriguez.
- The move by US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) comes amid major US-Venezuela energy pacts and other talks with the Latin American country’s government.
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- Jorge Rodriguez has been removed from OFAC’s sanctions list in latest US push for oil control and bilateral diplomacy.
- The United States Department of the Treasury has lifted sanctions on the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, brother of the country’s interim President, Delcy Rodriguez.
- The move by US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) comes amid major US-Venezuela energy pacts and other talks with the Latin American country’s government.
Sources: Al Jazeera