Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez has called on the United States to lift all remaining economic sanctions against her country, arguing that a fresh wave of partial relief falls short of what is needed to stabilise Venezuela's deeply troubled economy. Her appeal came on Tuesday as the US Treasury Department issued new licences authorising transactions with several Venezuelan state-owned banks, including the Central Bank of Venezuela, Banco de Venezuela, Banco Digital de los Trabajadores, and Banco del Tesoro — institutions that had long been cut off from the international financial system.

The licences, signed by the director of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the body that administers US sanctions programmes, allow a broad range of previously forbidden operations: wire transfers, currency exchange, card services, payroll processing, and international financial transactions. Correspondent banks, payment processors, and remittance platforms based in the United States may now service these Venezuelan institutions without violating sanctions law. The move also removes former Venezuelan prosecutor-general Reinaldo Muñoz from the OFAC blacklist, freeing his blocked assets. However, officials were careful to note that the licences do not amount to a full sanctions lift — they can be reversed, do not unblock frozen assets, and leave intact restrictions on individuals designated for corruption or drug trafficking.

Rodríguez welcomed the step but framed it as insufficient.