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(Reuters) --
The U.S. Treasury Department has removed a former Venezuelan national treasurer and nephew of the country's first lady from its sanctions list, it said on Friday.
The Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed Carlos Malpica Flores from its sanctions list and announced the change in a statement.
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The announcement on the Treasury website comes after a meeting in March between a delegation of top Washington officials and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas in an attempt to start negotiations between the ruling socialists and opposition politicians. from Venezuela.
The delisting of Malpica Flores—who was also vice president of finance for the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA PDVSA.UL—was discussed at that meeting, as well as the future of a license for the US oil company Chevron to operate in Venezuela.