Another gesture in her favor. The American government on Wednesday lifted the sanctions it had imposed on the interim president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, a new step in the normalization of relations between the two countries.
Washington removed Delcy Rodriguez from its blacklist via a publication on the government service website responsible for economic sanctions (Ofac). In response, the interim president “welcomed Trump’s decision” regarding her.
Almost three months ago to the day, the United States captured President Nicolas Maduro during a military operation in Caracas, now ousted.
Gestures of appeasement
Since then, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez has assumed the interim presidency and has been making concessions and gestures of appeasement towards the United States, while Donald Trump repeatedly asserts that he now effectively runs the country from Washington.
He notably intends to have a say in the exploitation of the country’s vast oil reserves. Ofac, under the US Department of the Treasury, is gradually lifting the embargo put in place in 2019 on the country’s black gold.
On Monday, the United States announced the resumption of operations at their embassy in Venezuela, seven years after its closure.
The American sanctions involved freezing any assets potentially held by Delcy Rodriguez in the United States and prohibiting American companies and citizens from trading with her.
