US lifts sanctions on Jorge Rodríguez, president of Venezuela’s National Assembly

The US Treasury Department removed Jorge Rodríguez, president of Venezuela’s National Assembly, from its sanctions list on Wednesday. Rodríguez, who has led the Venezuelan parliament since 2021, was taken off the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specially Designated Nationals list, which entails the blocking of assets in the United States, a ban on entering the country and a prohibition on transactions with US citizens and companies.

The decision was made without explanation by the Treasury. Rodríguez was designated in September 2018 along with his sister, former first lady Cilia Flores, and then defence minister Vladimir Padrino, following claims that Nicolás Maduro had given them high-ranking positions in the government to help him remain in power.

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