Jorge Rodríguez

Rule Changes

Led the legislative session that approved the reform

Venezuela's National Assembly voted unanimously on November 10 to let private companies generate and sell electricity, ending a state monopoly written into law in 2010. Concessions can run up to 25 years, and the law allows mixed companies with the state as well as wholly private operators. President of the Assembly Jorge Rodríguez said private parties could install plants, import power from a neighbor, and sell it to industrial and commercial users at a regulated rate.

Updated 2 hours ago

Force in Play

Announced political prisoner releases on January 8

Delta Force operators captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in a pre-dawn Caracas raid on January 3, 2026. Maduro pleaded not guilty in Manhattan and is jailed in Brooklyn awaiting a June 1, 2027 trial, while Delcy Rodríguez remains acting president and has not set an election date.

Updated 4 days ago

Rule Changes

Removed from OFAC sanctions list October 14, 2026

The US Treasury removed Jorge Rodriguez, president of Venezuela's National Assembly, from its sanctions blacklist on October 14. He can now use the US financial system and do business with American citizens for the first time since 2018.

Updated Oct 18

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Re-elected to lead legislature in January 2026; Delcy Rodríguez's brother

Hugo Chávez nationalized Venezuela's oil sector in 2007, expropriating assets from ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and other foreign companies. Nineteen years later, less than a month after U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's National Assembly passed legislation reversing that policy. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez signed it into law.

Updated May 26