US conveys to Venezuela candidate bans must be lifted by November

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WASHINGTON - The U.S. government has conveyed concerns to Venezuela's president that it must lift bans for all opposition presidential candidates by the end of November in exchange for sanction relief, a U.S. senior official said Wednesday.

The sanction relief will primarily touch on Venezuela's oil and gas sector, according to the U.S. official, who did not go into further details. He did note that the sanction relief would not affect the judicial process focused on Citgo Petroleum or other Venezuelan frozen assets in the United States or other jurisdictions.

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