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The Venezuelan regime complained about the announcement of the closure of its airspace made on Friday by President Trump, which it described as a “hostile, unilateral, and arbitrary act.”
In a statement this Saturday from its foreign ministry, the Maduro government stated that the measure, which Trump has not revealed how he will implement, is “an explicit threat of the use of force.”
"This type of statement falls within a permanent policy of aggression against our country, with colonialist intentions regarding our region of Latin America and the Caribbean, denying International Law," reads the statement.
In this way, the regime firmly rejects a closure that it considers outside international law, as "no authority outside of Venezuelan institutions has the power to interfere with, block, or condition the use of national airspace."
They assert that they will not accept "orders, threats, or interference from any foreign power."
They also accuse the Trump Administration of unilaterally suspending "Venezuelan migrant flights," referring to the deportation of 13,956 migrants on 75 flights.
The Maduro regime makes “a direct call to the international community, to the sovereign governments of the world, to the UN and the relevant multilateral organizations” to reject “this act of immoral aggression.”
Venezuela "will know how to respond with dignity, with legality, and with all the strength granted by international law and the anti-imperialist spirit," they conclude.
On Friday, Trump announced the complete closure of the airspace over and around Venezuela, a move that maximizes regional tension and marks a new chapter in the confrontation with Nicolás Maduro's regime.
In a message posted on his social media, Trump directed the order “to all airlines, pilots, drug traffickers, and human traffickers, warning that Venezuelan airspace “must be considered completely closed.”
The instruction, written in uppercase, was interpreted as a direct military warning to both civil aviation and illicit operations linked to drug trafficking and human trafficking in the region.
The message from the U.S. president was received by international analysts as a possible prelude to military action against the Chavista regime, as a total closure of airspace is a measure that typically precedes military operations or strategic air blockades.
In the current context—with the increased naval and aerial presence of the United States in the Caribbean—the warning can be interpreted as a preparatory phase for the total isolation of Venezuela, aimed at cutting off supply routes, drug trafficking, and international support for Maduro's government.
The closure of airspace could impact commercial flights connecting Caribbean and South American countries, and it represents one of the most severe measures taken by Washington since the beginning of its offensive against the Cartel de los Soles.
Analysts believe that the presidential order represents a peak of military and political pressure on Venezuela, amid the increasing mobilization of U.S. forces in the Caribbean and the nervousness of the Chavista regime in light of a possible more decisive action.
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