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The U.S. on Wednes­day lift­ed sanc­tions on Venezuela’s act­ing Pres­i­dent Del­cy Ro­dríguez, ac­cord­ing to an Of­fice of For­eign As­sets Con­trol en­try on the Trea­sury De­part­ment web­site.

The new­ly an­nounced sanc­tions re­lief rep­re­sents a strong sig­nal that the U.S. rec­og­nizes Ro­dríguez as a le­git­i­mate au­thor­i­ty in Venezuela. Wash­ing­ton has al­ready for­mal­ly rec­og­nized her as the coun­try’s head of state in le­gal and diplo­mat­ic set­tings.

Venezuela’s gov­ern­ment did not im­me­di­ate­ly re­spond to a re­quest for com­ment.