# United States lifts personal OFAC sanctions on acting president Delcy Rodríguez Date: 2026 ## The fact On 1 April 2026 the United States lifted personal OFAC sanctions on Venezuela’s acting president [Delcy Rodríguez](/people/delcy-rodriguez), 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](/people/nicolas-maduro), and noted that the original 90-day TSJ encargada window was ending that week. Do not invent a unique later popular election as the lift’s coefficient. She did not sit as OFAC. ## Context She was already acting president. Neighbouring oil-licence talk is weather. [Donald Trump](/people/mig-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](/people/diosdado-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. ## Evidence and sources Office of Foreign Assets Control carries the official instrument or communique. Associated Press records the same dated act independently. ## Significance ## What is established and what is not 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. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions. The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit. 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. United States lifts personal OFAC sanctions on acting president Delcy Rodríguez on 2026-04-01 is not a licence to treat every later Office of Foreign Assets Control communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average United States lifts personal OFAC sanctions on acting president Delcy Rodríguez into a personality. 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. ## People - Delcy Rodríguez: https://factrail.ai/people/delcy-rodriguez ## Drivers - Delcy Maduro-system enforcer and encargada continuity: https://factrail.ai/drivers/delcy-maduro-system-enforcer ## Sources - https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-delcy-rodriguez-sanctions-maduro-d819e64fcdefa132c5b06c3ce0a81f88 - https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ve-delcy-ofac-lift-2026