{"id":173668,"date":"2025-11-29T23:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T23:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/venezuela-denounces-colonialist-threat-as-trump-orders-airspace-closed-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T23:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T23:12:07","slug":"venezuela-denounces-colonialist-threat-as-trump-orders-airspace-closed-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/venezuela-denounces-colonialist-threat-as-trump-orders-airspace-closed-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela denounces \u2018colonialist threat\u2019 as Trump orders airspace closed – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of \u2018worsening security situation\u2019
The Venezuelan government has responded defiantly to the heightened pressure by the US government, including Donald Trump\u2019s recent statements on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety.
In a statement, the Venezuelan government said Trump\u2019s comments are a \u201ccolonialist threat\u201d against their sovereignty and violate international law. The government also said it demanded respect for its airspace and would not accept foreign orders or threats.
Trump on Saturday, in a Truth Social post said: \u201cTo all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY.\u201d
Due to Trump\u2019s announcement, all migrant deportation flights were \u201cunilaterally suspended\u201d, the Venezuelan government added. Deportation flights to Venezuela have been a significant point of contention for the Trump administration<\/a>, as it continues to engage in its mass deportation program.
The US defense department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
US strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean<\/a> have been under way for months, along with a US military buildup in the region, and Trump has authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela.
The president told military service members this week that the US would \u201cvery soon\u201d begin land operations<\/a> to stop suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers.
Last week, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warned major airlines of a \u201cpotentially hazardous situation\u201d when flying over Venezuela due to a \u201cworsening security situation and heightened military activity in or around\u201d the South American country.
Venezuela revoked operating rights<\/a> for six major international airlines that had suspended flights to the country after the FAA warning.
The Trump administration has accused the Venezuelan president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, of involvement in drug trafficking, a charge he has denied.
Maduro, in power since 2013, has said that Trump is seeking to oust him and that Venezuelan citizens and the military will resist any such attempt.
US forces in the region have so far focused on counter-narcotics operations, although the assembled firepower far outweighs anything needed for them.
They have carried out at least 21 strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific since September, killing at least 83 people.<\/p>\n

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President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of \u2018worsening security situation\u2019The Venezuelan government has responded defiantly to the heightened pressure by the US government, including Donald Trump\u2019s recent statements on Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be closed in its entirety.In a statement, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-173668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}