U.S. Treasury department news via Reuters:
- Says it is issuing
6-month license authorizing transactions in Venezuela’s oil and gas
sectors - Says it has also
issued general license authorizing dealings with Venezuela’s mining
company Minerven - Says general license
will be renewed only if Venezuela meets election commitments and
other commitments related to those wrongfully detained - Has amended two
licenses to remove secondary trading ban on certain Venezuelan
sovereign bonds and PDVSA debt and equity