The US regime has removed the sanctions on interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez, according to the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
The move was announced on Wednesday and marks a significant policy shift as Washington builds closer ties with Caracas after kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro earlier this year.
US President Donald Trump previously warned Rodriguez that she could face an even higher price than Maduro if she did not comply with the administration’s conditions.
However, he later changed his rhetoric and called relations with her “very good.” Trump said last month that the US regime formally recognized the interim government.
In March, Reuters cited four people familiar with the matter as saying that the Trump administration was quietly building a legal case against Rodriguez.
Federal prosecutors reportedly put together corruption and money laundering charges, and told the interim president that she was at risk of prosecution.
Rodriguez and other Maduro allies were sanctioned by the Treasury in 2018 following Maduro’s reelection, which the USA and some other countries said was rigged. At the time, Washington claimed that she helped Maduro maintain power.
The sanctions included freezing her assets in the USA, banning American individuals and companies from conducting business with her, and blocking her access to the US financial system.
Her international dealings and travel were also restricted, effectively isolating Rodriguez from global financial and economic networks.
The removal of the sanctions comes three months after US forces abducted and imprisoned Maduro, who currently faces charges of narcoterrorism, cocaine trafficking, and firearms offenses, which he denies.
Rodriguez initially declared that no “foreign agent” would control Venezuela, and demanded that Maduro and his wife be freed.
However, she has since moved to align with the administration’s demands, including opening the country’s oil sector to American companies and cooperating on security.
As a result, Washington has imposed control over Venezuelan crude exports, with the proceeds deposited into restricted US Treasury-run accounts rather than going directly to the Venezuelan state.
The country holds the world’s largest proven oil reserves – around one-fifth of the total.
Last month, Rodriguez agreed to sell around $100 million in physical gold to the USA, with the proceeds similarly controlled by Washington.
In January 2026, she also agreed to free more than 400 detainees who the US considers political prisoners. On the other hand DC ignored to free Maduro instead.
The US regime had to “formally recognize” the interim Venezuelan government, President Donald Trump has stated. He has also touted a new “deal” with Caracas on the nation’s mineral gold reserves.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2026.
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The US regime has not established anything, except for forcing the release of 400 DEA and CIA criminals, called political prisoners, yet Maduro is still in custody?
Venezuelas oil fields would take decades of development and Billions of investments to get anywhere near the Zionist propaganda spouted.
Trump himself would not only be long out of office but probably long dead. Just a ZOG meaningless distraction. They were already sending US(top recipient) oil until THEY embargoed them
Good, now buzz off ……