Overview
- Interim leader Delcy Rodriguez said national banks and the central bank will deploy the funds through the exchange market to protect workers’ purchasing power.
- The United States reported a $500 million crude sale, but shipping records do not corroborate President Donald Trump’s claim that 50 million barrels have been exported.
- Reuters reported four Venezuelan banks were told to split $300 million held in a Qatari account to sell dollars to local companies needing foreign exchange.
- U.S. Southern Command said forces seized the tanker Sagitta without incident, the seventh Venezuela-linked vessel apprehended in the Caribbean.
- National Assembly president Jorge Rodriguez said lawmakers will open debate on hydrocarbons-law reforms centered on partnership-style contracts for new investment.