CARACAS, -- Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez announced Thursday the start of a government work agenda focused on assisting and rebuilding the areas affected by the US military strikes carried out on Jan 3.

"We are assisting with recovery efforts where the bombs fell, so that the loving hands of the Venezuelan government reach those areas," Rodriguez said during a working meeting in Caracas.

"Venezuela is returning to work after the illegal aggression it suffered on January 3," she reiterated.