US OFAC lifts sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez
Sanctions compliance teams must stop auto-blocking transactions tied to Delcy Rodríguez
Change
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed Delcy Rodríguez from its U.S. sanctions list via an entry on the U.S. Department of the Treasury website.
Why it matters
Delcy Rodríguez is no longer subject to the OFAC listing, which eliminates the OFAC-based prohibition that previously required blocking or freezing transactions and property tied to her. Financial institutions and other U.S.-jurisdiction entities must therefore treat her as not designated under that U.S. sanctions entry unless another legal restriction applies.
Implications
- — Sanctions compliance teams at banks, correspondent banks, and payment processors must immediately remove Delcy Rodríguez from automated sanctions-screening and case-management lists — failure will continue to trigger automated payment blocks and rejects for transactions involving her.
- — Legal and contract teams at companies with active agreements involving Delcy Rodríguez must immediately clear counterparties and allow contractual performance where no other legal restriction exists — failure to act risks unnecessary non-performance and withheld payments.
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