The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said that he gave instructions to the Secretary of Transportation of the United States so that this same January 29, to the extent possible, Venezuelan airspace be opened
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, ordered the reopening of Venezuelan airspace. He said that after communicating with Delcy Rodríguez, in charge of the Executive, after the capture of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores on January 3, he reported “that we are going to open all commercial airspace.”
This announcement was made by Trump this Thursday, January 29, during a meeting with his cabinet at the White House and added that “it is under very strict control.”
“American citizens will soon be able to go to Venezuela and will be safe there,” said the president.
Trump: «I just spoke to the president of Venezuela and informed her that we’re going to be opening up all commercial airspace over Venezuela. American citizens will be very shortly able to go to Venezuela and they will be safe there. “It’s under very strong control.” pic.twitter.com/9CTrEWhC5c
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 29, 2026
“I have instructed Sean Duffy (US Secretary of Transportation) and everyone else involved, including the Army, that if they can, before the end of today, I would like the airspace over Venezuela to be open. Planes can go to Venezuela“said the president.
Commercial and cargo flights between the US and Venezuela were suspended indefinitely in May 2019, while the US administration monitored the Venezuelan situation. At the time, they said the measure would be reconsidered when conditions in the country changed.
Although commercial flights remained suspended, as did diplomatic relations between both nations, since last year, when Trump assumed his second term, these administrations agreed to have repatriation flights to return to the country Venezuelan migrants who entered the United States irregularly; Since then, 104 flights from North America have landed in Maiquetía.
US military forces entered Venezuela early on January 3 and captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, accused of drug trafficking crimes. After the arrest, Delcy Rodríguez was in charge of power, under the supervision of Donald Trump, and the two administrations have signed important agreements, especially in oil matters.
*Read also: The AESA of Spain extends the recommendation not to fly to Venezuela until February 16
*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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