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.External link
Since that date, the Swiss government has also imposed an embargo on Venezuelan military equipment and goods that could be used for repressive purposes.
SwitzerlandExternal link thus joined sanctions imposed by the European Union after the regime of Nicolas Maduro and Delcy Rodríguez dismantled the National Assembly, elected two years earlier and dominated by the opposition, as well as following the demonstrations that ensued, which left more than 100 dead in 2017.
On January 5, 2026, the Swiss government also decided to freeze, with immediate effect, any assets in Switzerland belonging to Nicolás Maduro and 36 other peopleExternal link who are linked to him.
