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) the purchase of any debt owed to the Government of Venezuela, including accounts receivable; (ii) any debt owed to the Government of Venezuela that is pledged as col...
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Additional Sanctions
Financial measures
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13835 of May 21, 2018 Prohibiting Certain Additional Transactions With Respect to 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...
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