Trump warns that Venezuela’s airspace should be considered “entirely closed”

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, warned this Saturday in a message through his social network Truth that airlines and pilots should take into account that the Venezuelan airspace «will remain completely closed».

«To all airlines, pilots, drug traffickers and human traffickers: we ask that you consider that the airspace over Venezuela and its surroundings will remain completely closed. Thank you for your attention! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP», reads the message from the president, which does not clarify any circumstances related to the closure, at a time of high tension between the two countries.

Telephone Conversation between Trump and Maduro

The message comes after The New York Times reported on a telephone conversation between Trump and the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, to explore a possible meeting, a call that neither side has officially confirmed or denied. The U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, a critic of the Maduro government, participated in the call, in which both leaders ultimately did not agree on concrete plans for their meeting.

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The news of the conversation comes a day after Trump warned that his Armed Forces will act “very soon” on land against alleged “Venezuelan drug traffickers,” while maintaining the naval deployment in the Caribbean.

On November 21st, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). urged to “exercise extreme caution” when flying over Venezuela and the southern Caribbean due to what it considers “a potentially dangerous situation” in the area.

The warning comes in the context of US bombings against boats in the Caribbean, which have caused several deaths and is carried out with the -unproven- argument of fighting drug trafficking, which also implicates the Venezuelan authorities and, especially, Maduro.