Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela

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February 20, 2026

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February 18, 2026

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 34 (Friday, February 20, 2026)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 8357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03502]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 34 / Friday, February 20, 2026 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Notice of February 18, 2026

                
Continuation of the National Emergency With 
                Respect to Venezuela

                On March 8, 2015, the President issued Executive Order 
                13692, declaring a national emergency with respect to 
                the situation in Venezuela, including the Government of 
                Venezuela's erosion of human rights guarantees, 
                persecution of political opponents, curtailment of 
                press freedoms, use of violence and human rights 
                violations and abuses in response to antigovernment 
                protests, and arbitrary arrest and detention of 
                antigovernment protesters, as well as the exacerbating 
                presence of significant government corruption.

                The President took additional steps pursuant to this 
                national emergency in Executive Order 13808 of August 
                24, 2017; Executive Order 13827 of March 19, 2018; 
                Executive Order 13835 of May 21, 2018; Executive Order 
                13850 of November 1, 2018; Executive Order 13857 of 
                January 25, 2019; Executive Order 13884 of August 5, 
                2019; and Executive Order 14245 of March 24, 2025.

                The circumstances, as described in Executive Order 
                13692 and subsequent Executive Orders issued with 
                respect to Venezuela, continue to pose an unusual and 
                extraordinary threat to the national security and 
                foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, in 
                accordance with section 202(d) of the National 
                Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing 
                for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive 
                Order 13692.

                This notice shall be published in the Federal Register 
                and transmitted to the Congress.
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                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    February 18, 2026.

[FR Doc. 2026-03502
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