Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused the US of making a “colonial threat” to his nation after President Trump called for the closing of the airspace above the socialist state.
The country’s government said it “forcefully rejects” Trump’s claim about closing the airspace, branding it an attempt to undermine Venezuela’s “territorial integrity, aeronautical security and full sovereignty,” according to a statement from its Foreign Ministry Saturday.
“Such declarations constitute a hostile, unilateral and arbitrary act,” the statement continued.
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The leftist leadership was speaking after President Trump stepped up pressure on the Caracas regime in a post on his Truth Social platform.
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has branded a “colonial threat” any US plans to close his country’s airspace. Getty Images
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