US President Donald Trump has said the US could oversee Veneuzela and control its oil revenue for years to come.
"Only time will tell" how long the United States will oversee Venezuela, Mr Trump told the New York Times.
When asked by the newspaper if it would be three months, six months, a year or longer, Mr Trump said: "I would say much longer."
"We will rebuild it in a very profitable way," Mr Trump said of Venezuela, where he sent troops to seize President Nicolas Maduro in a night raid last Saturday.
Mr Trump added that the US was "getting along very well" with the government of interim President Delcy Rodriguez, a longstanding Maduro loyalist who had served as the ousted leader's vice president.
Venezuelan officials said that it was holding talks with the US on restoring diplomatic ties, the latest sign of cooperation following Mr Maduro's capture.
Officials said US diplomats were in Caracas to discuss reopening the US embassy in the Venezuelan capital.
US seizes oil tanker which departed Venezuela 'without approval'
Separately, Mr Trump said this evening that US and Venezuelan authorities had seized an oil tanker which departed Venezuela without their approval.
"This tanker is now on its way back to Venezuela, and the oil will be sold through the GREAT Energy Deal, which we have created for such sales," Mr Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
In relation to the Russian-flagged tanker, Bella-1, seized earlier this week by US forces, Ukraine's ambassador to the US reportedly said that Ukrainian nationals were among members of the crew.
Olha Stefanishyna, quoted by the Interfax Ukraine news agency, said Ukrainian diplomats were in contact with US authorities to ensure consular access to the crew members.
"The embassy has the situation under control and is using all necessary means to maintain contact with the Ukrainian citizens," Stefanishyna was quoted as saying.
US will decide which oil firms will operate in Venezuela - Trump
Mr Trump this evening met with heads of major oil companies after saying the world's biggest producers pledged $100bn (€85bn) to revive Venezuela's oil sector.
"We're going to discuss how these great American companies can help rapidly rebuild Venezuela's dilapidated oil industry and bring millions of barrels of oil production to benefit the United States, the people of Venezuela and the entire world," Trump said to open the meeting.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Energy Secretary Chris Wright attended the meeting along with representatives of Chevron, Exxon, Conoco Phillips, Continental, Halliburton, HKN, Valero, Marathon, Shell, Trafigura, Vitol Americas, Repsol, Eni, Aspect Holdings, Tallgrass, Raisa Energy and Hilcorp.
Mr Trump said the government would decide which companies would operate in the South American country, and guarantee their "total security".
US senators vote to block Trump from taking further military action in Venezuela
Overnight, the US Senate voted to advance a resolution that would bar Mr Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without congressional authorisation.
The Senate voted 52 to 47 on a procedural measure to advance the war powers resolution, as a handful of Mr Trump's fellow Republicans voted with every Democrat in favour of moving ahead toward a final vote on the matter.
The Senate measure faces a steep climb to become law. It would need to be passed by the House of Representatives - which is also controlled by Mr Trump's Republicans.
If both chambers pass the resolution, each would need to secure a two-thirds majority to override a likely Trump veto. Still, the vote marked a rare sign of congressional Republican pushback against the Trump White House.
"Republicans should be ashamed of the Senators that just voted with Democrats in attempting to take away our Powers to fight and defend the United States of America," Mr Trump said in a social media post.
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