The Maduro administration denounced that the US intends to “extraterritorially apply the illegitimate jurisdiction of the United States in Venezuela” and asked the international community for a statement.
The Maduro administration expressed its repudiation of the statements by the President of the United States regarding the “closure” of Venezuelan airspace, made this Saturday, November 29, and assured that with this action Donald Trump “unilaterally” suspended repatriation flights for Venezuelan migrants.
Through a statement, the Venezuelan Executive denounced that the US intends to “extraterritorially apply the illegitimate jurisdiction of the United States in Venezuela.” He described it as unusual that Donald Trump tries to “give orders and threaten” the airspace, territorial integrity, aeronautical security and full sovereignty of Venezuela.
“Through this action, the United States government has unilaterally suspended the flights of Venezuelan migrants that had been carried out regularly and weekly within the framework of the repatriation of Venezuelans through the Vuelta a la Patria plan,” the text noted.
According to the information released in the statement, so far 75 flights have been carried out for the repatriation of 13,956 compatriots. The figure does not coincide with that offered by other government entities that register 93 flights and more than 16,000 repatriates. These flights were resumed after an agreement between the US government and the Maduro administration at the beginning of the year.
Between Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th, two repatriation flights arrived in the country with around 300 Venezuelans deported from the United States, amid tensions due to the suspension of flights.
Call to the international community
Venezuela assured that Donald Trump’s statements “represent an explicit threat of the use of force” prohibited in the United Nations Charter and urged the international community to speak out against the “hostile” act of the United States.
«We make a direct call to the international community, “to the sovereign governments of the world, to the UN, to the corresponding multilateral organizations, to firmly reject this act of immoral aggression that amounts to a threat against the sovereignty and security of our homeland in the Caribbean and northern South America.”
The Maduro administration warned that “it will not accept orders, threats or interference” while ensuring that “no authority outside of Venezuelan institutions has the power to interfere, block or condition the use of national airspace.”
*Also read: Trump issues warning: Consider Venezuelan airspace completely closed
Trump’s warning
This Saturday, United States President Donald Trump warned “airlines, pilots, drug traffickers and human traffickers” to consider Venezuelan airspace “completely closed.”
In a message through his Truth social network, the president made the warning that it would affect air operations to and from Venezuela.
«To all airlines, pilots, drug traffickers and human traffickers: we ask you to consider that the airspace over Venezuela and its surroundings will remain completely closed. Thank you for your time! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP,” he wrote without giving further details.
Trump’s warning comes a day after he stated that “very soon” they would attack the drug trafficking cartels in Venezuela by land.
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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