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Venezuela denounces Trump’s airspace remarks as ‘colonialist threat’ (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Caracas has denounced United States President Donald Trump’s announcement that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be considered closed “in its entirety”, as tensions between the countries escalate.

In a statement on Saturday afternoon, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said Trump’s statement earlier in the day amounts to a “colonialist threat”.

“Venezuela denounces and condemns the colonialist threat that seeks to affect the sovereignty of its airspace, constituting yet another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people,” the ministry said.

Trump had written on his Truth Social platform on Saturday morning: “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY”.

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[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out Trump offered the ownership of Venezuelan oil to a couple of mates for a reasonable “skim”. Like the $300billion skim recently negotiated with Russia where trump and family are contracted to rebuild Ukraine by Putin.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I think Machado already offered $1.7T in Venezuelan assets for sale, if she's installed in power.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Another Nobel Prize.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In Economics.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

All of them.

[–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yep typical someone who calls for their countries invasion, promises to sell all state access to foreign mega companies, cheers sanctions and supports genocide among many other awful ideas is being propped up by "the west".

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

Would be a shame if some pilots tasked to enforce this defected 😆

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine if Venezuela would do that to the US.