{"id":125646,"date":"2025-11-30T11:06:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T11:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/venezuela-condemns-trumps-threat-to-close-countrys-airspace\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T11:06:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T11:06:34","slug":"venezuela-condemns-trumps-threat-to-close-countrys-airspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/venezuela-condemns-trumps-threat-to-close-countrys-airspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela condemns Trump\u2019s threat to close country\u2019s airspace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Venezuela has reacted angrily to US President Donald Trump\u2019s statement that the airspace around the country should be considered closed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s foreign ministry called Trump\u2019s comments \u201canother extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The US does not have legal authority to close another country\u2019s airspace and the Venezuelan statement accused Trump of making a \u201ccolonialist threat\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The US has built its military presence in the area and carried out at least 21 strikes on boats it says were carrying drugs, killing more than 80. It has not provided evidence and Venezuela\u2019s President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro says the US moves are an attempt to oust him.<\/p>\n<p>Trump wrote on Truth Social: \u201cTo all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not immediately respond to the BBC\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>With Trump ratcheting up his threats, some Democratic and Republican members of the US Congress have expressed anger that he has not sought legislative approval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s reckless actions towards Venezuela are pushing America closer and closer to another costly foreign war,\u201d top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer posted on X on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder our constitution, Congress has the sole power to declare war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, until recently a close Trump ally, said: \u201cReminder, Congress has the sole power to declare war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s comments come just days after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warned airlines of \u201cheightened military activity in and around Venezuela\u201d, leading to several major airlines suspending flights there. Caracas then rescinded their take-off and landing rights.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela\u2019s foreign ministry urged \u201cthe international community, the sovereign governments of the world, the UN, and the relevant multilateral organisations to firmly reject this immoral act of aggression\u201d, in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The same day, Venezuela\u2019s military conducted exercises along coastal areas, with state TV showing anti-aircraft weapons and other artillery being manoeuvred.<\/p>\n<p>The US has deployed the world\u2019s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, and about 15,000 troops to within striking distance of Venezuela.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuela has reacted angrily to US President Donald Trump\u2019s statement that the airspace around the country should be considered closed. The country\u2019s foreign ministry called Trump\u2019s comments \u201canother extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people\u201d. The US does not have legal authority to close another country\u2019s airspace and the Venezuelan statement accused Trump [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}