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United States lifts personal OFAC sanctions on acting president Delcy Rodríguez

On 1 April 2026 the United States lifted personal OFAC sanctions on Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez, according to an Office of Foreign Assets Control entry reported the same day by AP. In the causal graph this event strengthens Delcy Maduro-system enforcer and encargada continuity, a driver that strengthens Voice and Accountability Gap from the Highest Governance Score — a worsening welfare path.

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On 1 April 2026 the United States lifted personal OFAC sanctions on Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez, according to an Office of Foreign Assets Control entry reported the same day by AP. AP recorded the move as U.S. recognition of her as a legitimate authority after the 3 January 2026 capture of Nicolás Maduro, and noted that the original 90-day TSJ encargada window was ending that week. She did not sit as OFAC.

Context

She was already acting president. Neighbouring oil-licence talk is weather. Donald Trump is the live U.S. counterpart.

5 January 2026 oath is parent. A later election with a date would be a new Fact. Keep United States lifts personal OFAC sanctions on acting president Delcy Rodríguez on 2026-04-01 separate from neighbouring 14 June 2018 vice-presidency, 25 September 2018 OFAC SDN, 3 January 2026 capture, 5 January 2026 oath, and 1 April 2026 delisting.

The executive vice-president of Venezuela, later acting president by TSJ order, can speak for administrative continuity and for oil licences. She does not sit as every SEBIN officer, as Cabello’s interior ministry, as OFAC, or as every PDVSA invoice. Nicolás Maduro is the live captured president; this run does not mint a cleaner twin.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Delcy Rodríguez

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    verified

    OFAC delisted. She was the sitting encargada. Trump is the live U.S. counterpart. She did not write the SDN removal.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.AP — US lifts sanctions on Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s acting presidentAssociated Press · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.OFAC recent actions — personal SDN removal of acting president Delcy Rodríguez, 1 April 2026 neighbourhoodOffice of Foreign Assets Control · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Office of Foreign Assets Control carries the official instrument or communique. Associated Press records the same dated act independently.

Established: The United States lifted her personal sanctions on 1 April 2026; AP recorded recognition of her authority after 3 January.

Not established: A unique later popular mandate, or that the lift unwrote the 2018 inner-circle designation as a historical instrument.

She was the sitting encargada. Trump is the live U.S. counterpart. She did not write the SDN removal.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies United States lifts personal OFAC sanctions on acting president Delcy Rodríguez, not a later speech about United States lifts personal OFAC sanctions on acting president Delcy Rodríguez.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to OFAC delisted. She was the sitting encargada. Trump is the live U.S. counterpart. She did not write the SDN removal. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorDelcy Rodríguez
  2. contributed toFactUnited States lifts personal OFAC sanctions on acting president Delcy Rodríguez
  3. strengthensDriverDelcy Maduro-system enforcer and encargada continuity
  4. strengthensIndicatorVoice and Accountability Gap from the Highest Governance Score

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Factrail. (2026). United States lifts personal OFAC sanctions on acting president Delcy Rodríguez. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ve-delcy-ofac-lift-2026

https://factrail.ai/facts/ve-delcy-ofac-lift-2026

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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