Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado attends an event to receive the credential as winner of the October 22 opposition’s primary election, in Caracas, Venezuela October 26, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
CARACAS/WASHINGTON/HOUSTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – The Venezuelan government may allow appeals from opposition politicians seeking to remove bans barring them from public posts to progress in court, as a way to partially comply with U.S. demands ahead of a deadline tied to loosened sanctions, sources told Reuters.
The United States in October announced a six-month roll back on some oil industry sanctions and lifted a bond trading ban in exchange for a deal on 2024 elections between the government of President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition.
Washington has said it will reverse the sanctions relief if Maduro has not taken steps by Nov. 30 to release political prisoners and “wrongfully detained” Americans and progress toward lifting the public office bans.
The winner of the opposition’s presidential primary, Maria Corina Machado, is among those barred from office.
It was unclear how strongly or when the U.S. could react if the…
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