Acting President Delsi Rodriguez of Venezuela announced on the 13th that the Chinese government has merged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Trade into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Felix Plasencia will be the minister of the new department. Rodriguez said in a social media post that Plasencia will be responsible for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and that former Foreign Minister Ivan Hill will be Minister of Science and Technology. Plasencia served as Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2022, and was appointed by Rodriguez as the country's diplomatic representative to the US earlier this year.

Acting President Delsi Rodriguez of Venezuela announced on the 13th that the Chinese government has merged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Trade into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Felix Plasencia will be the minister of the new department. Rodriguez said in a social media post that Plasencia will be responsible for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and that former Foreign Minister Ivan Hill will be Minister of Science and Technology. Plasencia served as Venezuela's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2022, and was appointed by Rodriguez as the country's diplomatic representative to the US earlier this year.