The United States on Wednesday liftedsanctionsagainstVenezuela's interim PresidentDelcy Rodriguez, who took power after Washington ousted her predecessor,Nicolas Maduro, in a military operation in January.
Rodriguez's name was deleted from the "Specially Designated Nationals List", according to a post on the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control website.
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Ties between Washington and Caracas have warmed since Maduro's ouster, with Rodriguez complying with PresidentDonald Trump's demands for Caracas to open up itsenergyindustry to American companies.
Rodriguez served as Maduro's deputy and was sanctioned by Washington for being a key official in his government, alongside officials including former defence minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello.
Rodriguez fired Lopez in mid-March, but she has been walking a fine line between demands from Washington and those from her own backers since Maduro's toppling.
Cabello, who remains in office, is seen as one of her key backers.
On Monday, the US Embassy in Caracas resumed operations after being closed for seven years, the State Department said.
The reopening came after theUS militaryoperation that seized Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, from Caracas on January 3, taking them toNew Yorkto facedrug traffickingcharges that they deny.
The operation killed around 100 people inVenezuela, according to authorities there.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
Originally published on France24
