Overview
- OFAC removed Delcy Rodríguez from its Specially Designated Nationals list on Wednesday, ending the freeze on any U.S.-held assets tied to her and the ban on U.S. persons doing business with her.
- Rodríguez, who took office after the January 3 capture of Nicolás Maduro, welcomed the decision on X as a step toward normal ties and urged broader sanctions relief for Venezuela.
- U.S. messaging and reporting stress that this is a personal delisting, not a repeal of the wider sanctions on the Venezuelan state that still constrain finances and oil sales.
- Key figures remain sanctioned, including Jorge Rodríguez and Diosdado Cabello, which limits full reintegration and maintains leverage over the government’s inner circle.
- The step follows weeks of staged engagement that reopened the U.S. Embassy in Caracas and expanded tightly supervised licenses for oil and mining that route revenues through Treasury‑overseen accounts.