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On November 24, 2021, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Venezuela-related General License 8I.

On January 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") issued Venezuela General License 46 ("GL 46") authorizing certain commercial activities...

On March 24, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) authorizing the imposition of a 25 percent tariff on all goods imported into the United States from any country that directly or indirectly imports...

On March 24, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) authorizing the imposition of a 25 percent tariff on all goods imported into the United States from any country that directly or indirectly imports...

President Hugo Chávez yesterday announced his policy for his third term in office. He heralded a "new era" in the transformation of Venezuela to socialism: the "Simón Bolívar national project 2007-2021." The project contemplates the nationalization of strategic industry sectors, such as telecommunications and electricity, through special powers to be sought from the Legislature.

The Central Bank of Venezuela published Exchange Agreement No. 35 in Official Gazette No. 40,865 of March 9, 2016, establishing the rules governing the foreign exchange administration regime (Exchange Agreement No. 35).

On April 14, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Venezuela General License 56...

On January 29, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) initiated a notable, but carefully tailored, easing of US sanctions targeting Venezuela's oil sector.

The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued new general licenses that expand opportunities for contingent contracting with Venezuela's government and authorize limited financial services involving key Venezuelan banks.

Venezuela’s devastating June 24 earthquakes have transformed a delicate post-Maduro transition into a high-stakes test of the Trump administration’s strategy to maximize US influence.

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued a series of new general licenses and FAQs that significantly expand opportunities for U.S. companies to engage with Venezuela's...

On April 16, 2026, Venezuela enacted and published the new Organic Law of Mines (the “Amended Mining Law”), which transforms its legal framework governing mining activities and repeals both the prior Decree...

The Presidency of the Republic published in the Official Gazette No. 6,210 Extraordinary, dated December 30, 2015, Decree No. 2,167, with Rank, Value and Force of Law, against Exchange Control Violations.

The President of the Republic in his official address to the Nation on August 15, 2007, presented his proposal for the reform of 33 articles of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

This article is intended to provide the international lawyer with an outline of the Venezuelan legal requirements for international loans granted to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (the "<U>Republic</U>") and issues of debt securities by the Republic. The focus is on international and not domestic debt transactions.

En Gaceta Oficial de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela N° 6.210 Extraordinario del 30 de diciembre de 2015, fue publicado el Decreto con Rango, Valor y Fuerza de Ley del Régimen Cambiario y sus Ilícitos.