General mobilization and military regime have been announced in Venezuela

A general mobilization has been announced in Venezuela, the Armed Forces have been put on high alert to repel foreign aggression. This is reported by the Wall Street Journal with reference to the decree published on the portal of legal acts.

It is also noted that a "military regime" has been introduced in the country for employees of the oil industry and a number of other key industries.

"It is immediately prescribed to mobilize the national armed forces throughout the country and use the existing potential of national power to repel foreign aggression ... Militarization of the state infrastructure, the oil industry and other major state industries. The personnel of such enterprises will be temporarily under the military regime," the document says.

The decree also prescribes increased patrolling and protection of the country's land, air and sea borders.