Conflict: After warning from US authorities – six firms cancel flights to Venezuela | EUROtoday

Following a warning from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), six airways have canceled their flights to Venezuela. The Spanish airline Iberia, the Portuguese airline TAP, the Chilean Latam, the Colombian Avianca, the Brazilian airline GOL and Caribbean from Trinidad and Tobago suspended their flights on Saturday, mentioned the president of the Venezuelan aviation affiliation Alav, Marisela de Loaiza. She didn’t present any data on how lengthy these measures will apply.

The US aviation authority warned on Friday of risks in Venezuelan airspace in opposition to the background of the elevated US navy presence within the Caribbean. Planes passing by means of the world ought to “exercise caution,” it mentioned. The authority cited the “deteriorating security situation and increased military activities in or around Venezuela” as the explanation.

The USA has despatched a number of warships and fighter jets to the Caribbean in current weeks – in keeping with its personal statements, to fight drug trafficking. Since September, US forces have repeatedly attacked boats belonging to alleged drug smugglers within the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific. Dozens of individuals had been killed.

The USA accuses Venezuela of actively selling drug smuggling into the United States and thereby endangering the safety of the USA and its residents. Venezuela’s left-wing nationalist President Nicolás Maduro, nevertheless, suspects US plans to overthrow him.