On January 10, 2025, in a multilateral sanctions action, the US, Canada, EU, and UK sanctioned various Venezuelan individuals linked to the Venezuelan government and prominent state-owned entities. US Sanctions The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated eight Venezuelan individuals as Specially Designated Nationals pursuant to Executive Order 13692, including the president of the Specially Designated National state-owned petroleum company, Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., (PdVSA), the Venezuelan Ministry of Transportation and…
On April 17, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls (“OFAC”) issued General License 44A (“GL 44A”), authorizing the wind down by 12:01 am EDT on May 31, 2024 of transactions that were previously authorized under GL 44. OFAC also amended a consolidated frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) guidance document (“Updated Guidance”) to reflect the reissued General License 44A. Our previous blog post on the original issuance of GL 44 can…
On January 29, 2024, the US Department of the Treasuryâs Office of Foreign Assets Controls (âOFACâ) revoked General License 43 (âGL 43â), which authorized certain transactions involving CVG Compania General de Mineria de Venezuela CA (âMinervenâ). GL 43 was replaced with GL 43A to allow US Persons, through 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time, February 13, 2024, to wind down transactions involving Minerven (and entities it owns 50% or more) that were previously authorized by GL…
Please check out Episode 9 of the Compliance Podcast of the Caracas office in which Jesus Davila talks to Washington DC partner, Alex Lamy, concerning the US sanctions system over the Venezuelan government and the latest decision regarding the suspension of the sanctions for the hydrocarbons and mining sectors. Alex explains the implications thereof and how this could bring new opportunities for the aforementioned sectors. A link to the podcast series is available here. Links…