India, Jan. 9 -- Venezuela's acting President, Delcy Rodriguez, accused US President Donald Trump of "energy greed" and rejected what she called "false" allegations of drug trafficking and human rights abuses linked to the tenure of her predecessor, Nicolas Maduro.

Speaking during a broadcast on state television VTV, she said, "All the lies about 'drug trafficking', 'democracy', 'human rights'. They were the excuses. It was always about the oil," she said.

"We are an energy powerhouse, we truly are". "It has brought us tremendous problems, because you all know that the energy greed of the North wants the resources of our country."

"There is a stain on our relations such as had never occurred in our history," she said. "Extremist or fas...