Trump Declares Venezuelan Airspace “Closed” in Latest Illegal Escalation

Policy experts and advocates on Saturday denounced President Donald Trump’s claim that he had ordered the airspace above and around Venezuela “to be closed in its entirety” — an authority the US president does not have but that one analyst said signaled a “scorched earth” policy in the South American country and that others warned could portend imminent airstrikes. Francisco Rodriguez…

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