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US removes relative of Venezuela’s Maduro from sanctions list

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro met with a delegation of top US officials in Caracas in March in an attempt to kick-start negotiations with the opposition [File: Umit Bektas/Reuters]

The United States has lifted sanctions against a relative of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, weeks after Washington said it was taking steps to encourage dialogue between Maduro’s government and the US-backed Venezuelan opposition.

The US Department of the Treasury confirmed on Friday that it had removed Carlos Erik Malpica Flores, Venezuela’s former national treasurer, from a blacklist on which he was placed in 2017 on charges of undermining democracy.

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