FLASH
Shkruar nga PamfletiThe hour of an American attack on Venezuelan soil may be approaching.
US President Donald Trump announced today that Venezuelan airspace will be completely closed.
In a post on the Truth Social social media platform, Trump wrote: “To all airlines, pilots, drug smugglers and human traffickers, please note that the AIRSPACE OVER AND AROUND VENEZUELA WILL BE TOTALLY CLOSED.”
Last week, the US Federal Aviation Administration warned major airlines of a "potentially hazardous situation" when flying over Venezuela due to "deteriorating security conditions and increased military activity around the country."
Venezuela revoked the operating licenses of six major international airlines that had suspended flights to the country after a warning from the US Federal Aviation Administration.
The US military has deployed forces to the Caribbean in recent months, amid deteriorating relations with Venezuela, to combat what it says is President Nicolas Maduro's role in supplying illegal drugs that have killed Americans.
Maduro denies the charges and says US President Donald Trump is seeking his removal.
Several foreign airlines have already stopped flying to Venezuela in recent days. Caracas' civil aviation authority responded by revoking the licenses of Spain's Iberia, Portugal's TAP, Colombia's Avianca, Chile's LATAM, Brazil's Gol and Turkey's Turkish Airlines.
Trump also warned that ground attacks would begin very soon.
The phone call to Maduro and the threats
The American president continues to walk two parallel paths: with the threat of immediate intervention in Venezuelan territory, but also with the diplomatic path for a possible regime change in Caracas.
The New York Times revealed that Trump spoke by phone with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro last week, discussing the possibility of a face-to-face meeting in the United States.
Citing several sources familiar with the matter, the newspaper added that this would be the first meeting between the two leaders. Days after the call, which took place in the presence of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the State Department on Monday designated the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization, led by Maduro himself.
Pardon for former president convicted of bribery and drug trafficking
However, Trump's war on drug trafficking in Latin America is not without its paradoxes. Yesterday, the White House announced its intention to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced to 45 years in prison in 2024 by a Manhattan court for taking millions in bribes and running the Central American country as a drug trafficking state, in collaboration with Joaquín Guzmán, known as "El Chapo", the notorious former leader of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel.
The news, which circulated just hours after the published phone call between Trump and Maduro, strengthened the hypothesis that the Venezuelan leader had also been promised a similar "end", removal from office and arrest, several years of detention in the US and then freedom.
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