In a message posted on his X account, the Colombian president said Gustavo Pietro He doubted it “A foreign president may not announce the closure of another country’s airspace.” In an apparent criticism of Donald Trump, who on Saturday deemed air traffic over Venezuela “totally closed,” but in the 83 words of his post, the Rocolombian leader provided specific details: Trump’s name was not mentioned.
In the military and nervous siege he is implementing on the government of Nicolas Maduro, Trump stressed on Saturday that Venezuelan airspace should be considered closed, raising the possibility that the massive military force he has amassed in the Caribbean could launch attacks on Venezuelan territory. Trump, as he is known, accuses Maduro of leading drug trafficking through the “Sun Cartel,” and last week came forward to describe that drug organization as a “drug organization.” “terrorist”.
From Caracas, Maduro denounced Trump’s warning as a threat “colonial threat” On Venezuela’s sovereignty, but the truth is that Chavismo is terrified at the prospect of being within range of impressive military technology that Trump could activate from the White House.
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But what caught Petro’s message on Sunday was that, Although he criticized what he did, he avoided naming Trump“I want to know, under what rule of international law can a head of state close its airspace to another state?” to publish.
Petro added: “A foreign president cannot close the national airspace or the concept of national sovereignty and the concept of international law are over,” stressing that his message was also in his capacity as President of the United Nations. Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
The Colombian President indicated that in the absence of this authority, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) “He’s a loser.” Trump’s dire warning came after US aviation authorities last week urged civilian aircraft operating in Venezuelan airspace to “act with caution” due to “the deteriorating security situation and intense military activity in or around Venezuela.”
Since Trump’s first warning, six airlines have suspended their flights to and from Venezuela.
In response, the Maduro government announced that it would permanently cancel its permits to operate in the country, mentioning on this occasion the Spanish company Iberia, the Portuguese company TAP, the Colombian company Avianca, the Colombian subsidiary of the Chilean-Brazilian company LATAM, the Brazilian company GOL, and the Turkish company Turkish.
The truth is that apart from the war of nerves, Trump’s message, which he went so far as to mock by suggesting that “drug traffickers and human traffickers” avoid flying over Venezuela, served to inflame the confrontation the White House was brewing with Chavismo, and was seen by many as a precursor to military operations.
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