Airlines halted virtually all flights to Caracas following a warning from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on November 21
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced, this Thursday (29), that he ordered the reopening of Venezuelan airspace for commercial flights, after a conversation with the country’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez.
“I just spoke to the president of Venezuela and informed her that we are going to open all commercial airspace,” Trump told reporters at the start of a White House cabinet meeting.
“American citizens will be able to go to Venezuela very soon and will be safe there,” he assured.
As airlines have halted virtually all flights to Caracas following a warning from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on November 21, a prelude to the early morning air strike on January 3 that ousted President Nicolás Maduro. This closure has been renewed several times.
According to the Republican, the Relations between both countries “have been very solid, very good”, in reference to the new government in office.
“We have the big oil companies on their way to Venezuela, inspecting and choosing their locations, and [elas] they will bring back tremendous wealth to Venezuela and the United States,” he explained.
Trump said Venezuela “is going to make more money than it ever has, and that’s a good thing.”
After the fall of Maduro, now imprisoned in New York awaiting trial for drug trafficking, the United States improvised a scheme to control Venezuelan oil profits, which, after deposited in Qatar, are transferred to the Rodríguez government, supposedly with monthly monitoring of expenses.
“I want to thank all the people of Venezuela for what they went through, and I want to thank the leadership because they are really doing a good job”, he assured.
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