Delcy Rodríguez, named interim president by Venezuela’s Supreme Court following the recent US capture of Nicolás Maduro, has featured on a Swiss sanctions list since 2018. Delcy Aloina Rodríguez Gómez, a 56-year-old lawyer who has been acting as Venezuela’s interim leader since January 3, is among top political figures sanctioned by Switzerland since 2018. Rodríguez and 53 of her colleagues – including Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello – are subject to an asset freeze and a travel ban to Switzerland. "Her actions within the Presidential Commission, and later as president of the illegitimate Constituent Assembly, undermined democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela, notably by usurping the powers of the National Assembly and using them to target the opposition and prevent it from participating in the political process," Swiss authorities wrote in a decree dated March 28, 2018. Since that date, the Swiss government has also imposed an embargo on Venezuelan military equipment and ...
