{"id":380085,"date":"2026-04-15T04:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T04:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/380085\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T04:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T04:27:11","slug":"us-issues-license-allowing-transactions-with-some-venezuelan-banks-as-ties-warm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/380085\/","title":{"rendered":"US issues license allowing transactions with some Venezuelan banks as ties warm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">The United States has eased sanctions against Venezuela&#8217;s central bank in the Trump administration&#8217;s latest move to build ties with the oil-rich Latin American giant after toppling its longtime leader, while interim President Delcy Rodriguez called for sanctions removal.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"MsoNormal\">The Treasury Department issued a license on Tuesday authorising commercial links with the central bank and other institutions, including Banco Universal, Banco Digital de los Trabajadores and Banco del Tesoro.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"MsoNormal\">The move will allow Venezuelan banks to engage in previously restricted financial transactions, such as wire transfers, credit and debit card services, and other activities.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"MsoNormal\">The move comes two weeks after the United States lifted sanctions against Rodriguez, who took power after Washington abducted her predecessor, Nicolas Maduro, in a military operation in January.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Ties between Washington and Caracas have warmed since Maduro&#8217;s ouster, with Rodriguez complying with US President Donald Trump&#8217;s demands that Caracas open its energy industry to American companies.<\/p>\n<p><a data-link-preview=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/article\/018a086258b1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"relative flex w-full px-4 py-3 flex-col items-start gap-6 rounded bg-[#F1F1F1] border-l-0 transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out box-border mb-4 hover:bg-[#F9F9F9] hover:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] focus:bg-[#F9F9F9] focus:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] before:content-[&quot;&quot;] before:absolute before:left-0 before:top-0 before:bottom-0 before:w-[3px] before:rounded-l-md before:bg-[#01ABD9]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flex justify-center items-center rounded-md !w-20 !h-20 aspect-square flex-shrink-0 sm:rounded md:rounded-md lg:!w-[84px] lg:!h-[84px] lg:rounded xl:rounded-md\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/62580b3e564887af8d72fc13862a38ef8473802698f417dd953b095ac738f7b2.JPG\"\/><\/p>\n<p>RelatedTRT World &#8211; US and Venezuela agree to re-establish diplomatic ties<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States has eased sanctions against Venezuela&#8217;s central bank in the Trump administration&#8217;s latest move to build&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-380085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}