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Trump Declares Closure of Venezuela Airspace
(MENAFN) U.S. President Donald Trump issued a sweeping airspace closure declaration for Venezuela on Saturday, escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas to unprecedented levels.
"To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY," Trump posted on Truth Social, offering no additional explanation for the dramatic pronouncement.
The warning arrives as U.S.-Venezuela relations reach a critical breaking point.
Since early September, American forces have executed over 20 documented military strikes targeting suspected drug vessels across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, resulting in more than 80 deaths. Washington's military footprint in the Caribbean intensified dramatically in mid-November when the USS Gerald R. Ford, a nuclear-powered supercarrier, deployed to the region at force levels unprecedented in at least three decades.
During Thanksgiving remarks to military personnel Thursday evening, Trump hinted the United States could "very soon" launch ground operations against Venezuelan drug trafficking organizations.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has categorically rejected drug trafficking allegations, charging the United States with "fabricating" justification for engineering regime change in his country.
The New York Times (NYT) revealed Friday that Trump and Maduro held a phone conversation last week exploring prospects for a face-to-face meeting on American soil, though no concrete plans materialized.
The Federal Aviation Administration, America's aviation regulatory body, issued airline safety advisories last week warning of dangers from a "potentially hazardous situation" stemming from a "worsening security situation and heightened military activity in or around" Venezuela.
"To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY," Trump posted on Truth Social, offering no additional explanation for the dramatic pronouncement.
The warning arrives as U.S.-Venezuela relations reach a critical breaking point.
Since early September, American forces have executed over 20 documented military strikes targeting suspected drug vessels across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, resulting in more than 80 deaths. Washington's military footprint in the Caribbean intensified dramatically in mid-November when the USS Gerald R. Ford, a nuclear-powered supercarrier, deployed to the region at force levels unprecedented in at least three decades.
During Thanksgiving remarks to military personnel Thursday evening, Trump hinted the United States could "very soon" launch ground operations against Venezuelan drug trafficking organizations.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has categorically rejected drug trafficking allegations, charging the United States with "fabricating" justification for engineering regime change in his country.
The New York Times (NYT) revealed Friday that Trump and Maduro held a phone conversation last week exploring prospects for a face-to-face meeting on American soil, though no concrete plans materialized.
The Federal Aviation Administration, America's aviation regulatory body, issued airline safety advisories last week warning of dangers from a "potentially hazardous situation" stemming from a "worsening security situation and heightened military activity in or around" Venezuela.
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