{"id":1822,"date":"2026-04-15T01:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T01:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/?p=1822"},"modified":"2026-04-15T01:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T01:46:14","slug":"us-eases-sanctions-on-venezuela-central-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/es\/us-eases-sanctions-on-venezuela-central-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"US eases sanctions on Venezuela central bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e4ae43bae15dea12c5b45d328afa8b9e7a81886e7398b714d7a4c024995be60?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e4ae43bae15dea12c5b45d328afa8b9e7a81886e7398b714d7a4c024995be60?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">AFP<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The United States on Tuesday eased sanctions against Venezuela&#8217;s central bank in the Trump<br>administration&#8217;s latest move to build ties with the oil-rich Latin American giant after toppling<br>its longtime leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Treasury Department issued a license authorizing commercial links with the central bank<br>and other institutions including Banco Universal, Banco Digital de los Trabajadores and<br>Banco del Tesoro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move will allow the Venezuelan banks to engage in previously restricted financial<br>transactions such as wire transfers, credit and debit card services and other activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move comes two weeks after the United States lifted sanctions against Venezuela&#8217;s<br>interim President Delcy Rodriguez, who took power after Washington ousted her predecessor<br>Nicolas Maduro in a military operation in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AFP-PHOTO-President-of-Venezuela-Delcy-Rodriguez-and-two-of-her-ministers-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AFP-PHOTO-President-of-Venezuela-Delcy-Rodriguez-and-two-of-her-ministers-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AFP-PHOTO-President-of-Venezuela-Delcy-Rodriguez-and-two-of-her-ministers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AFP-PHOTO-President-of-Venezuela-Delcy-Rodriguez-and-two-of-her-ministers-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AFP-PHOTO-President-of-Venezuela-Delcy-Rodriguez-and-two-of-her-ministers-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AFP-PHOTO-President-of-Venezuela-Delcy-Rodriguez-and-two-of-her-ministers.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Venezuela&#8217;s interim President Delcy Rodriguez (C) looks on next to Sectoral Vice President for Economy and Finance Calixto Ortega (L) and Minister of Petroleum and Hydrocarbons Paula Henao during a press conference after a signing of an agreement ceremony between Chevron Venezuela and the national government at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas on April 13, 2026. PHOTO: AFP\/ JUAN BARRETO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ties between Washington and Caracas have warmed since Maduro&#8217;s ouster, with Rodriguez<br>complying with US President Donald Trump&#8217;s demands for Caracas to open up its energy<br>industry to American companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States has eased a seven-year-old oil embargo on Venezuela and issued licenses<br>allowing a handful of multinationals to operate in the country under certain conditions.<br>The US embassy in Venezuela also resumed operations last month after being closed for<br>seven years.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Treasury Department issued a license authorizing commercial links with the central bank and other institutions.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,60,61,62,59,58,57,63],"class_list":["post-1822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global","tag-caracas","tag-central-bank","tag-delcy-rodriguez","tag-nicolas-maduro","tag-treasury-department","tag-united-states","tag-venezuela","tag-washington"],"blocksy_meta":[],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1825,"href":"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822\/revisions\/1825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pittglobalnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}