US EditionPrecursor to War? Trump Closes Venezuela's Airspace 'in Its Entirety'
Trump's warning follows U.S. military deployment of 12,000 troops and naval assets near Venezuela to counter alleged drug trafficking and terrorism linked to Maduro's government.
- On Saturday, President Donald J. Trump declared Venezuela's airspace closed in its entirety via a blunt post on X .
- Amid accusations of state-backed trafficking, the administration accuses Nicolás Maduro's government of drug trafficking and terrorism, prompting stepped-up pressure after the U.S. State Department designated Maduro and senior officials on Nov. 24.
- The U.S. military has deployed its largest aircraft carrier, two guided-missile destroyers, a special operations ship, and around 12,000 troops near Venezuela, while FAA advisories prompted airlines to suspend flights.
- Venezuela's government responded that Trump's warnings are a `colonialist threat` violating sovereignty, while the U.N. rights office and critics say maritime strikes breach international law.
- Nearly 8 million people have fled Venezuela since the mid-2010s, and about 83 maritime victims died on around 21 boats as observers warn the U.S. nears direct attacks with Trump citing land operations "very soon".
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President Donald Trump announced on social media today that all airspace above and around Venezuela should be considered fully closed. The declaration marks the latest escalation in the U.S. confrontation with Venezuela over illegal drug trafficking. The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed that another Afghan national—paroled into the United States under former President Joe Biden—was arrested for allegedly threatening to blow up a bui…
Venezuela repudiated “absolutely strongly” the message of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, warning that the airspace of the South American country “will remain closed in its entirety,” and criticized that “unsolicitedly” attempt to “give orders and threaten the sovereignty” of this nation. “This type of declaration constitutes a hostile, unilateral and arbitrary act, incompatible with the most elementary principles of internatio…
Donald Trump “closes” Venezuelan airspace. The country’s authoritarian president Nicolás Maduro reacts with anger. – We condemn his colonial threat, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry says in a statement.
Trump says Venezuelan airspace should be viewed as closed
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety,” an assertion that raised more questions about the U.S. pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. His government accused Trump of making a ”colonial threat" and seeking to undermine the South American country's sovereignty.
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