Trump says Venezuela airspace 'closed'
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DONALD Trump has declared Venezuela’s airspace will be “closed in its entirety” after vowing that land strikes will start “very soon”. The US president’s warning
Anyone driving on Interstate 25 into Colorado from Wyoming will encounter a large billboard saying, "Venezuela ahead, BE PREPARED!" Colorado nor Wyoming are anywhere near close to the South American country of Venezuela, but the billboard seemingly ...
Various airlines have stopped their flights to Venezuela as a result of a warning from the US aviation authority.
US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday the complete closure of Venezuela’s airspace, further isolating the country and marking the most severe escalation in tensions between Washington and Caracas in decades.
Venezuela has banned six major international airlines from landing in the country after they failed to meet a 48-hour deadline to resume flights there. The airlines had temporarily suspended their routes into the capital, Caracas, after the US warned of "heightened military activity" in the area.
American troops have conducted at least 21 deadly strikes on boats it alleges were trafficking drugs to the US - but now it could strike on land.