US EditionTrump says airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, "To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY," escalating his 'war on drugs' posture.
- The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration last week warned major airlines to exercise caution due to worsened security and more than a dozen U.S. warships and 15,000 troops are deployed under Operation Southern Spear.
- U.S. forces have struck over 20 Venezuelan vessels since early September, killing at least 83 people, according to Reuters, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the strikes as lawful.
- A number of airlines began rerouting flights earlier this month and several carriers suspended routes after the FAA warning, prompting Venezuela to revoke operating rights for six major international airlines.
- The State Department last month designated Cartel de los Soles a Foreign Terrorist Organization and raised the reward for information on Nicolás Maduro to $50 million this year, even as Trump and Maduro have held recent diplomatic contacts.
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News Wrap: Trump declares Venezuela’s airspace ‘closed’ after weeks of escalating tensions
In our news wrap Saturday, Trump declared Venezuela’s airspace to be considered closed despite not having the legal authority to do so, Russia carried out deadly drone and missile attacks overnight in Ukraine, the FAA ordered airlines to update software in a widely used aircraft, and acclaimed British playwright Tom Stoppard died at age 88.
Donald Trump has posted a message saying that airlines and drug traffickers should consider Venezuelan airspace completely closed, with Venezuela slamming it as a colonial-era threat.
U.S. President Donald Trump has declared this Saturday that the airspace "over Venezuela and its surroundings" has been completely "closed" in one step further to a possible land invasion of the country. Caracas has reacted to what it considers to be Trump's "colonialist threat" and has called it a new "aggression.""All airlines, pilots, drug traffickers and human traffickers: please consider that the air space over Venezuela and its surrounding…
US President Donald Trump sharply escalated his threats against Venezuela on Saturday, threatening to close the country's airspace. The Venezuelan government denounced Trump's threat as "colonialism." It sees the massive US military buildup in the Caribbean as a prelude to the overthrow of President Nicolas Maduro. "To all airlines, pilots, drug dealers and human traffickers," Trump wrote on...
Donald Trump has been sharpening the tone against the South American country for weeks - now he wants no more planes to fly there.
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