Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Venezuela

Type of sectoral sanctions

Financial measures

Measures

• Section 1. (a) All transactions related to, provision of financing for, and other dealings in the following by a United States person or within the United States are prohibited: (i) new debt with a maturity of greater than 90 days of Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA); (ii) new debt with a maturity of greater than 30 days, or new equity, of th...

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Additional Sanctions

Financial measures

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 13808 of August 24, 2017 Imposing Additional Sanctions With Respect to the Situation in Venezuela

Regime

OFAC country specific

Target State

Venezuela

Official Information

On July 10, 2015, OFAC issued the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 591 (the ‘‘Regulations’’) (80 FR 39676, July 10, 2015) to implement the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113– 278) and Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015 (‘‘Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing...

Program URL

https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/5476/download?inline