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The licenses that move your portfolio.

Monthly edition covering every change in the OFAC Venezuela regime. New licenses, amendments, upcoming expirations, sector-by-sector implications, and what to monitor. For investors who need to decide, not opine.

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Sector implications: energy, finance, mining, cross-sector

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Latest edition — #3 · 2026-08

OFAC pushes the PdVSA 2020 bond authorization to September 17

On August 3 OFAC issued General License 5Y, replacing 5X in its entirety one day before it was due to take effect: the authorization covering the PdVSA 2020 8.5% bond moves from August 4 to September 17, 2026 — the third consecutive issuance with a six-week window. Until that date no authorization is in effect against subsection 1(a)(iii) of E.O. 13835. July's movement was operational rather than substantive: FAQ 1239 introduced a mandatory pre-clearance step for deposits into the Treasury custody account, binding on seven licenses in force. The program closes the period with 19 general licenses in force.

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