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'트럼프 밀착' 베네수 국회의장 8년 만에 美 제재서 벗어나
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'트럼프 밀착' 베네수 국회의장 8년 만에 美 제재서 벗어나

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베네수엘라 호르헤 로드리게스 국회의장이 8년 만에 미국 제재에서 해제됐으며, 동생 델시 로드리게스 임시대통령과 함께 행정부와 의회를 장악한 최고 권력자로 부상했다.

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호르헤 로드리게스와 델시 로드리게스는 2018년부터 미국 정부의 제재를 받아왔으며, 차베스와 마두로 정권 시절 요직을 맡았던 인물들이다.

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차베스·마두로 정권 실세…임시대통령인 동생과 함께 국정 장악

(멕시코시티=연합뉴스) 송광호 특파원 = 베네수엘라 자원 문제와 관련해 미국의 주요 소통 창구 중 한명으로 알려진 호르헤 로드리게스 국회의장이 8년 만에 미국의 제재에서 벗어났다.

미국 재무부 해외자산통제국(OFAC)은 14일(현지시간) 홈페이지를 통해 로드리게스 베네수엘라 국회의장을 제재 명단에서 삭제한다고 밝혔다. 다만 구체적인 사유에 관해서는 설명하지 않았다.

우고 차베스, 니콜라스 마두로 전 대통령 정부 시절 선관위 위원장, 부통령 등 요직을 지낸 그는 2018년부터 동생인 델시 로드리게스 현 임시대통령과 함께 미국 정부의 제재를 받아왔다. 로드리게스 남매는 현재 베네수엘라 행정부와 의회를 장악한 최고 권력자들이다.

이로써 호르헤 국회의장은 8년 만에 미국 및 국제 금융시스템에 다시 접근하는 것은 물론, 동결된 자산도 되찾을 수 있게 됐다.

호르헤 의장은 지난 1월 마두로 전 대통령 미국 압송 이후 주요 개혁 입법을 진두지휘했다. 여기에는 글로벌 에너지 기업들의 석유 부문 프로젝트 참여를 확대하는 내용을 골자로 한 탄화수소법 개정 등이 포함됐다.

아울러 여권의 실질적 대표로서 차기 대선 선거 일정과 해외자산 회수, 사법 제도 재건 등의 문제를 놓고 야권과의 협상도 이끌고 있다.

앞서 미국 재무부는 지난 4월 델시 로드리게스 임시대통령에 대한 제재를 해제했다. 델시와 호르헤는 혁명사회주의연맹을 창당하고 1976년 미국인 사업가 납치 혐의로 체포됐던 좌파 게릴라 투사 호르헤 안토니오 로드리게스의 자녀들이다.

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 호르헤 로드리게스가 주도하는 탄화수소법 개정이 실제 에너지 기업들의 투자 유치로 이어질 것

    Possible · Within months

  • 베네수엘라 정부와 야권 간의 협상이 선거 일정과 해외자산 회수 문제를 중심으로 계속될 것

    Likely · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • 미국이 제재를 해제한 구체적인 이유는 무엇인가?
  • 이번 제재 해제가 베네수엘라 내 정치 상황에 어떤 영향을 미칠 것인가?
  • 델시 로드리게스에 대한 제재 해제 시점과 이유는 무엇인가?

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