United States President Donald Trump has said that he ordered the reopening of Venezuelan commercial airspace, underscoring the high degree of control the US has asserted over the affairs of the South American country. During a cabinet meeting on Thursday, Trump added that he had “informed” Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez that US oil companies would be arriving soon to seek out potential projects in the country. It’s under very strong control,” Trump said during a cabinet meeting at the White House. Venezuelan airspace has been closed since before the US launched a military attack on the country on January 3, in an operation widely seen as illegal under international law. AdvertisementTrump stated, during the cabinet meeting, that oil companies were “going to Venezuela now, scouting it out and picking their locations” without offering further details.