President Trump warned airlines and pilots on Saturday that the airspace near Venezuela was closed, ratcheting up what his administration has characterized as a war against drug cartels.
WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump said today the the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered “closed in its entirety,” but gave no further details, stirring anxiety and confusion in Caracas as Washington ramps up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
President Donald Trump said "To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety."
President Donald Trump is saying the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety.” It an assertion made on social media Saturday that raises more questions about the U.S. pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
Trump announced in a social media post Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered “closed in its entirety.” “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY,” …
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro's government accused U.S. President Donald Trump of making a ”colonial threat" and seeking to undermine the South American country’s sovereignty.
President Trump's warning comes as American forces gather in the region and Trump weighs potential action against President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
The US president's warning is the latest in a string of escalatory measures against Venezuela, whose leftist President Maduro accuses the Trump administration of trying to depose him.
The Venezuelan government is accusing President Donald Trump of making a ”colonial threat” and seeking to undermine the South American country’s sovereignty. That charge comes after Trump's social media post Saturday that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed…
President Trump is shutting down Venezuelan airspace "in its entirety" amid a surge in drug trafficking from the South American nation, he announced Saturday morning.
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 Briti…
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