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Venezuela & US: Civil vs Criminal Disputes and INTERPOL (part 1 of 2)
How does a legitimate businessperson become an INTERPOL target? In this series, we'll consider a case originating in the U.S. to demonstrate how an ordinary business dispute can lead to…
FCPA Professor
DOJ Announces Arrest In Connection With Criminal Charges Involving Bribery In Venezuela
By Mike Koehler
In 2019, Alvaro Pulido Vargas was criminally charged with laundering the proceeds of violations of the FCPA in connection with a scheme to pay bribes to take advantage of Venezuela’s…
JURIST
Human rights situation in Venezuela remains unchanged despite minor reforms, UN Fact-Finding Mission says
By TN, Salma Ben Mariem | Faculty Of Law, Political Science Of Sousse
The UN Fact-Finding Mission in Venezuela stated on Wednesday that despite some limited improvements in the human rights situation in the South American country, institutions involved in rights violations and…
Antitrust, Competition and Trade
Venezuela's Reopening: Investment, Infrastructure, and Technology Opportunities in a Rebuilding Latin America
By K&L Gates
As we enter the latter part of 2026, eight months after the removal of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela is presenting foreign investors with an opportunity that has not existed in a…
Verfassungsblog
America’s Right to Kidnap
“The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” (Thucydides)1) On September 3, 2026, lawyers for Nicolás Maduro filed a motion asking a federal judge in…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
OFAC Removes the US Governing-Law Condition from the Venezuela General Licenses and Issues New Authorizations Related to Telecommunications and Coal
By Steven Cotto (US), Alexandre (Alex) Lamy (US)
Since August 21, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC“) has made a series of changes to the Venezuela-related general licenses (“GLs“) issued under…
JURIST
Ousted Venezuelan president Maduro and wife move to dismiss drug trafficking indictment on sovereign immunity grounds
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, filed separate motions Wednesday in Manhattan federal court seeking dismissal of the charges against them. Maduro argued that he remains…
Steptoe News
Semafor Quotes Cari Stinebower on Trump Administration's Venezuelan Oil Investment
By Steptoe
OverviewSteptoe partner Cari Stinebower was quoted by Semafor in an article titled "Trump’s Venezuela Deal Draws Scrutiny of Obscure Pentagon Office." The article discusses the Trump administration announcement that a…
International Trade Insights
Weekly Trade Update: August 24-28, 2026
By Cortney Morgan, Ruslan Klafehn
OFAC Makes Iran-related Updates to SDN List The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) took additional actions as part of “Operation Economic Outcast”, the Administration’s sanctions campaign against Iran. OFAC…
Cleary Foreign Investment and International Trade Watch
OFAC Issues General Licenses Authorizing Activity in Venezuelan Telecommunications Sector
By Chase D. Kaniecki, Samuel H. Chang, Yulia A. Solomakhina, Ana Carolina Maloney, Kerry Mullins
On August 21, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License (GL) 61 and GL 62, respectively authorizing the provision of U.S. goods, technology, software,…