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1266. What activities does Venezuela General License (GL) 61 authorize?
GL 61 authorizes transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the provision from the United States or by a U.S. person of goods, technology, software, or services for the installation, maintenance, refurbishment, repair, upgrade, operation, or support of telecommunications in Venezuela, including transactions involving the Government of Venezuela, including but not limited to the Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL), Compania Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela (CANTV), and Movilnet.
For purposes of GL 61, telecommunications includes data, telephone, internet connectivity, radio, television, news wire feeds, and similar services, regardless of the medium of transmission, including transmission by satellite or through submarine cables.
Authorized transactions include: processing payments and arranging shipping, including air freight, logistics, warehousing, insurance, and delivery services; interconnection and roaming agreements; capacity or infrastructure leases; and the laying, maintenance, repair, refurbishment, upgrade, security, operation, or...
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1) On 8-21-26, OFAC issued the three documents referenced above in connection with the Venezuelan telecommunications sector. GL 62 is a “contingent contracts for new investment” GL that broadly parallels Venezuela GL 55 in the mining context (see comments thereto). The term “new investment” is not defined for purposes of the GL, but it should be presumed to cover a range of activity not covered by the concurrently issued GL 61 “Authorizing the Supply of Certain Items and Services to Venezuela Related to Telecommunications”. It is clear from Note 2 that “establish new telecommunication service providers in Venezuela” and “expand existing telecommunications operations in Venezuela” would constitute “new investment”.
2) Concurrently, OFAC issued Venezuela GL 61 and...