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Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez on Wednesday appointed a new minister of hydrocarbons, a key position in the oil-rich nation that she previously held.
From Nairobi, the United States’ invasion of Venezuela does not feel unprecedented.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was expected to warn that oil-rich Venezuela's leader will suffer the fate of US-deposed predecessor Nicolas Maduro if she fails to comply with US wishes.
The US president, while ordering and, later, celebrating the arrest of Maduro for alleged drugs trafficking, revealed interest in the US-controlled extraction and sale of Venezuelan oil.
The image, styled like a Wikipedia entry, listed Trump alongside his US presidential titles and featured his official portrait and supposed tenure details.
The pronouncement that the United States will control Venezuelan oil, about 70 per cent of which currently goes to China, explains the US determination to control the Venezuelan economy.
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