Venezuela has operated under successive layers of US sectoral and comprehensive sanctions since 2017 (EO 13808 → EO 13850 → EO 13884), with additional EU asset-freeze and travel-ban measures layered on from 2018 onward. This theme captures the Venezuelan government's legislative and executive response to that sanctions architecture.
Filings to date
1. 2020-10-12 Ley Constitucional Antibloqueo — foundational parent statute (severity 4). The Constitutional Anti-Blockade Law adopted by the National Constituent Assembly on 8 October 2020. Establishes the horizontal derogation authority (Article 19: President may suspend any Venezuelan law to counteract sanctions) and creates the CIIP (Centro Internacional de Inversión Productiva), a confidential FDI vehicle exempt from public-procurement, accounting, and FX-control law.
Filing roadmap
- Presidential decrees invoking Article 19 to suspend specific Venezuelan laws
- CIIP-structured investment-protection agreements as they become publicly documented
- Any subsequent amendments to the Antibloqueo Law itself
- Venezuela's responses to OFAC General Licence amendments (e.g., Chevron GL44 series)