Global Trade & Foreign Policy Insights

Although Venezuela remains subject to sanctions targeting the Government of Venezuela (GoV) and entities in which it holds a 50% or greater ownership interest, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a series of General Licenses (GLs) representing the broadest easing of Venezuela-related sanctions in years.

The United States temporarily eased select sanctions related to Venezuela’s oil sector on October 18, 2023, after Maduro’s government and the opposition reached an agreement on electoral guarantees for an internationally monitored vote in the second half of 2024.