
The US Treasury Department on Wednesday removed from its sanctions list Jorge Rodríguez, president of Venezuela’s National Assembly and brother of acting president Delcy Rodríguez. The Treasury did not explain the reasons for the decision.

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved on Tuesday a resolution on the situation in Venezuela in which it resolves to accept the appointment of Mr. Gustavo Tarre as the National Assembly’s designated permanent representative, pending new elections and the appointment of a democratically elected government, and instructs the Secretary General ”to transmit the text of this resolution to the Secretary General of the United Nations.”