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• Venezuela Update: February 27, 2026 (Spanish)

  Holland & Knight's Venezuela Strategic Advisory Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments impacting the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. Holland & Knight's Venezuela Update is produced in conjunction with Tinoco, Travieso, Planchart & Núñez, a prestigious Caracas-based law firm with which we have had a long-standing relationship, and Arca Análisis Económico, a respected financial, tax, legal and compliance consultant firm in Venezuela.

• Venezuela Update: February 27, 2026 (English)

  Holland & Knight's Venezuela Strategic Advisory Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments impacting the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. Holland & Knight's Venezuela Update is produced in conjunction with Tinoco, Travieso, Planchart & Núñez, a prestigious Caracas-based law firm with which we have had a long-standing relationship, and Arca Análisis Económico, a respected financial, tax, legal and compliance consultant firm in Venezuela.

• Venezuela opens oil and gas sector to full private participation

  On January 29, 2026, the Venezuelan National Assembly approved a reform of the Organic Hydrocarbons Law (the "Hydrocarbons Law Amendment"). The Hydrocarbons Law Amendment broadens the scope for private sector participation in the Venezuelan hydrocarbons sector by permitting private companies to conduct upstream hydrocarbon activities (exploration, production, and initial transportation and storage) (“Primary Activities”) in Venezuela, as well as to commercialize natural hydrocarbons and derived products.

• Venezuela Update: January 30, 2026 (Spanish)

  Holland & Knight's Venezuela Strategic Advisory Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments impacting the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. Holland & Knight's Venezuela Update is produced in conjunction with Tinoco, Travieso, Planchart & Núñez, a prestigious Caracas-based law firm with which we have had a long-standing relationship, and Arca Análisis Económico, a respected financial, tax, legal and compliance consultant firm in Venezuela.

• Venezuela Update: January 30, 2026 (English)

  Holland & Knight's Venezuela Strategic Advisory Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments impacting the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. Holland & Knight's Venezuela Update is produced in conjunction with Tinoco, Travieso, Planchart & Núñez, a prestigious Caracas-based law firm with which we have had a long-standing relationship, and Arca Análisis Económico, a respected financial, tax, legal and compliance consultant firm in Venezuela.

• Venezuela Update: December 30, 2025 (English)

  Holland & Knight's Venezuela Focus Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments in Venezuela that impact the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. Holland & Knight's Venezuela Update, produced in conjunction with Venezuela-based firms Tinoco Travieso Planchart & Nuñez and Arca Análisis Económico, provides our clients with pertinent Venezuela information in a timely manner.

• Venezuela Update: November 25, 2025 (Spanish)

  Holland & Knight's Venezuela Focus Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments in Venezuela that impact the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. Holland & Knight's Venezuela Update, produced in conjunction with Venezuela-based firms Tinoco Travieso Planchart & Nuñez and Arca Análisis Económico, provides our clients with pertinent Venezuela information in a timely manner.

• Venezuela Update: November 25, 2025 (English)

  Holland & Knight's Venezuela Focus Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments in Venezuela that impact the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. Holland & Knight's Venezuela Update, produced in conjunction with Venezuela-based firms Tinoco Travieso Planchart & Nuñez and Arca Análisis Económico, provides our clients with pertinent Venezuela information in a timely manner.

• Venezuela Update: August 20, 2025 (Spanish)

  Holland & Knight's Venezuela Focus Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments in Venezuela that impact the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. Holland & Knight's Venezuela Update, produced in conjunction with Venezuela-based firms Tinoco Travieso Planchart & Nuñez and Arca Análisis Económico, provides our

• Venezuela Update: August 20, 2025

  Holland & Knight's Venezuela Focus Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments in Venezuela that impact the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. Holland & Knight's Venezuela Update, produced in conjunction with Venezuela-based firms Tinoco Travieso Planchart & Nuñez and Arca Análisis Económico, provides our clients with pertinent Venezuela information in a timely manner.

Featured documents

• Venezuela Announces New Minimum Wage and Meal Benefit Increases

  On January 9, 2017, Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro announced a 50% increase in the monthly minimum wage for the private and public sectors, effective January 1, 2017. Minimum Wage Increase - The new minimum wage has been set at 40,638.15 Venezuelan bolivars (VEF 40,638.15) per month ...

• OFAC Imposes Comprehensive Sanctions on Venezuela’s State Oil Company, PdVSA

  OFAC adds PdVSA to its sanctions list and simultaneously issues general licenses temporarily allowing certain transactions and activities involving PdVSA. On January 28, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA), Venezuela’s...

• Venezuela: Cómo afecta a los Lugares de Trabajo la Extensión del Estado de Alarma Durante la Pandemia del COVID-19

  De acuerdo con las medidas globales contra la pandemia de COVID-19, el gobierno venezolano publicó un decreto el 13 de marzo de 2020 declarando el Estado de Alarma por treinta días (en adelante, el "decreto"), el cual fue recientemente extendido por otro período de treinta días (en adelante la "exte...

• Venezuela Update: June 22, 2022 (Spanish)

  Holland & Knight's Venezuela Focus Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments in Venezuela that impact the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. Holland & Knight's Venezuela Update, produced in conjunction with...

• Venezuela Update: September 17, 2024

  Holland & Knight's Venezuela Focus Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments in Venezuela that impact the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. Holland & Knight's Venezuela Update, produced in conjunction with...

• Kingpin Act Wielded Against Vice President of Venezuela

  The Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah (El Aissami), was designated on Monday by the U.S. Department of Treasury as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). According to the Office of Foreign...

• U.S. imposes new sanctions targeting state-owned Venezuelan oil company PdVSA in effort to topple Maduro regime

  On 28 January 2019, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA) as a Specially Designated National (SDN) for operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13850. This action follows...

• Venezuela: Gobiernos Nacional y Local Publican Nuevas Normas en Bioseguridad

  El Estado de Alarma declarado el 13 de marzo de 2020 fue extendido por el gobierno de Venezuela hasta el 11 de julio de 2020, a fin de atender la pandemia del COVID-19....

• Venezuela Update: August 22, 2022 (Spanish)

  Holland & Knight's Venezuela Focus Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments in Venezuela that impact the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. Holland & Knight's Venezuela Update, produced in conjunction with...

• Venezuela Update: September 17, 2024 (Spanish)

  Holland & Knight's Venezuela Focus Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments in Venezuela that impact the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. Holland & Knight's Venezuela Update, produced in conjunction with...