{"id":194279,"date":"2025-12-02T16:07:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=194279"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:07:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:07:32","slug":"the-final-warning-before-war-has-arrived-airspace-above-venezuela-closed-awaiting-trumps-decision-to-open-a-new-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-final-warning-before-war-has-arrived-airspace-above-venezuela-closed-awaiting-trumps-decision-to-open-a-new-front\/","title":{"rendered":"THE FINAL WARNING BEFORE WAR HAS ARRIVED! Airspace Above Venezuela Closed, Awaiting Trump\u2019s Decision to Open a New Front!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tensions in the Caribbean have just surged after U.S. President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to Venezuela\u2019s Nicol\u00e1s Maduro to resign immediately and leave the country. Trump had previously amassed U.S. forces in the region and, it appears, is now only waiting to give the order for a ground operation to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro to leave Venezuela immediately, before announcing that the country&#8217;s airspace would be closed, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <em>Miami Herald<\/em>, Washington delivered the warning during a phone call with Caracas and included an offer of guaranteed evacuation for Maduro, his wife Cilia Flores, and their son \u2014 but only if he agreed to resign immediately. U.S. Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin said the U.S. had offered Maduro the chance to \u201cgo to Russia\u201d or another country. However, the offer was rejected, and Trump then announced that Venezuelan airspace would be considered \u201ccompletely closed.\u201d He later confirmed he had spoken with Maduro by phone, but did not provide details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GXa8OR1PIf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/tramp-uputio-maduru-brutalni-ultimatum-podnesi-ostavku-uzmi-zenu-i-sina-i-bezi-ili-budi-ubijen\/\">TRAMP UPUTIO MADURU BRUTALNI ULTIMATUM: &#8222;Podnesi ostavku, uzmi \u017eenu i sina i be\u017ei, ili budi ubijen!&#8220;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#132;TRAMP UPUTIO MADURU BRUTALNI ULTIMATUM: &#8222;Podnesi ostavku, uzmi \u017eenu i sina i be\u017ei, ili budi ubijen!&#8220;&#147; &#8212; Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/tramp-uputio-maduru-brutalni-ultimatum-podnesi-ostavku-uzmi-zenu-i-sina-i-bezi-ili-budi-ubijen\/embed\/#?secret=Z7h9rZ9FFx#?secret=GXa8OR1PIf\" data-secret=\"GXa8OR1PIf\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to comment on anything,\u201d he said, adding that Venezuelan airspace should be considered closed \u201cbecause we believe Venezuela is not exactly a friendly country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, an unnamed U.S. official told the <em>Washington Post<\/em> that U.S. military aircraft are reportedly patrolling international airspace near Venezuela almost constantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>An ominous sign in the sky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"779\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Venecuela-rat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-194280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Venecuela-rat.jpg 400w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Venecuela-rat-154x300.jpg 154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One consequence of Trump\u2019s latest decision is the continued suspension of flights to Venezuela, leaving dozens of passengers stranded at airports in other countries, RTVE reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caracas on Saturday condemned Trump\u2019s statement that Venezuelan airspace should be considered closed. The Venezuelan government denounced it as a \u201ccolonialist threat\u201d to the country\u2019s sovereignty, incompatible with international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"K8frqa57UG\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/branicemo-svaki-centimetar-venecuele-maduro-sa-macem-u-ruci-zapretio-trampu\/\">&#8222;BRANI\u0106EMO SVAKI CENTIMETAR VENECUELE&#8220;: Maduro sa ma\u010dem u ruci zapretio Trampu!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#132;&#8222;BRANI\u0106EMO SVAKI CENTIMETAR VENECUELE&#8220;: Maduro sa ma\u010dem u ruci zapretio Trampu!&#147; &#8212; Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/branicemo-svaki-centimetar-venecuele-maduro-sa-macem-u-ruci-zapretio-trampu\/embed\/#?secret=6yVecfiVsB#?secret=K8frqa57UG\" data-secret=\"K8frqa57UG\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The next day, Maduro announced special measures to bring home Venezuelan citizens affected by Trump\u2019s decision, ordering the implementation of a special plan for the return of Venezuelans located abroad, as well as assistance in finding routes for citizens wishing to leave the country, Vice President Delcy Rodr\u00edguez said on Telegram, without providing further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to her, the U.S. government followed the request of opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado to attempt to close Venezuelan airspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cartel designated as a terrorist organization<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before closing the airspace, the U.S. officially designated the cartel allegedly linked to the Venezuelan government \u2014 the Cartel de los Soles \u2014 as a foreign terrorist organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis cartel turned Venezuela\u2019s main oil company into a money-laundering operation for drug trafficking, using the company\u2019s access to international finance until it was sanctioned. They used Venezuelan military aircraft to transport cocaine from Colombia, process it in Venezuela, and then send it to Central America and on to Europe,\u201d former Venezuelan diplomat Vanessa Neumann told <em>Fox News<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September, the European Parliament also voted for the European Union to designate the Cartel de los Soles as a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. has also intensified its military and intelligence campaign targeting drug-trafficking networks linked to Venezuela, including attacks on vessels suspected of transporting narcotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Del Cartel de los Soles se tienen 600 objetivos plenamente identificados: Lugares, Procesos y Personas. <br>Quien permanezca cercano o vinculado con estos objetivos enfrentar\u00e1, sin excepci\u00f3n, el mismo destino que los l\u00edderes terroristas del CDLS. <br>Mi an\u00e1lisis:\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TTAskHUezW\">pic.twitter.com\/TTAskHUezW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Iv\u00e1n Simonovis (@Simonovis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Simonovis\/status\/1995176340501205465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cWe will begin ground operations very soon\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. strikes on vessels suspected of trafficking drugs in the Caribbean have been ongoing for months, while American forces continue to amass in the region. Trump has also authorized CIA covert operations in Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around a dozen U.S. warships \u2014 including the world\u2019s largest aircraft carrier, the <em>Gerald Ford<\/em> \u2014 as well as roughly 12,000 sailors and marines have been deployed in the Caribbean, marking the largest U.S. presence in South America in decades. Since the start of September, Operation \u201cSouthern Spear\u201d has destroyed 22 vessels and killed at least 83 people allegedly transporting narcotics across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump earlier suggested that military action may expand beyond maritime strikes, saying the U.S. would \u201cstop the flow of drugs by land,\u201d and on Sunday announced that the U.S. would \u201cvery soon\u201d begin ground operations to dismantle drug-trafficking networks in Venezuela. Maduro responded that eight million people would defend the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 ON VIDEO: U.S. Military Forces conducted a strike against Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists. The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the U.S. The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iszHE0ttxQ\">pic.twitter.com\/iszHE0ttxQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1962995246863663156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Military power of Venezuela and the U.S.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A conflict between Venezuela and the U.S. would pit two highly unequal opponents against each other:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The U.S. military is superior in every aspect \u2014 stronger, better equipped, and better trained.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Venezuelan military \u2014 numbering around 300,000 across regular and paramilitary forces \u2014 is weakened by lack of training, low wages, and decaying equipment, Reuters reports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts note that the Venezuelan military\u2019s biggest problem is its extreme politicization, as its main role for years has not been preparing for conventional warfare but protecting Maduro\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mqAB0dXKkA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/maduro-i-tramp-na-ivici-sukoba-venecuelanski-borbeni-avioni-nadleteli-americki-razarac-pentagon-zapretio\/\">MADURO I TRAMP NA IVICI SUKOBA: Venecuelanski borbeni avioni nadleteli ameri\u010dki razara\u010d, Pentagon zapretio!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#132;MADURO I TRAMP NA IVICI SUKOBA: Venecuelanski borbeni avioni nadleteli ameri\u010dki razara\u010d, Pentagon zapretio!&#147; &#8212; Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/maduro-i-tramp-na-ivici-sukoba-venecuelanski-borbeni-avioni-nadleteli-americki-razarac-pentagon-zapretio\/embed\/#?secret=GD9JadChQm#?secret=mqAB0dXKkA\" data-secret=\"mqAB0dXKkA\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What about Caracas\u2019 allies?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrej Serbin Pont, a defense and security expert from the \u201cKraiz\u201d institute, stated that Maduro can hardly rely on military support from allies such as China or Russia, who are redirecting aircraft toward Cuba due to rising tensions.<br>Nicholas Burns, former U.S. deputy secretary of state, believes the consequences of possible escalation and war are underestimated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the most dangerous moment in Latin America since the Cuban Missile Crisis. If there is an invasion and Maduro is overthrown, Russia and China will not intervene directly, but will respond asymmetrically, mainly through cyberattacks. And the situation will become complicated in all neighboring countries. Nobody wants Maduro, but nobody wants an American intervention either,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Maduro requested help from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to stop U.S. \u201caggression,\u201d stating in a letter that military action would severely threaten Venezuela\u2019s oil production stability as well as the global market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hope I can count on your best efforts to help stop this aggression, which is growing stronger and seriously threatens the balance of the international energy market,\u201d Maduro wrote to OPEC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"SB2FVo6u2W\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/lagali-su-o-iraku-lazu-i-o-venecueli-nikolas-maduro-odgovorio-na-trampove-pretnje-rusenjem-aviona\/\">&#8222;LAGALI SU O IRAKU, LA\u017dU I O VENECUELI&#8220;: Nikolas Maduro odgovorio na Trampove pretnje ru\u0161enjem aviona!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#132;&#8222;LAGALI SU O IRAKU, LA\u017dU I O VENECUELI&#8220;: Nikolas Maduro odgovorio na Trampove pretnje ru\u0161enjem aviona!&#147; &#8212; Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/lagali-su-o-iraku-lazu-i-o-venecueli-nikolas-maduro-odgovorio-na-trampove-pretnje-rusenjem-aviona\/embed\/#?secret=jdfo6Skxrz#?secret=SB2FVo6u2W\" data-secret=\"SB2FVo6u2W\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThe decision is up to Trump\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Neumann, \u201cthe decision lies with Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen he says, \u2018Go,\u2019 we go. And no one knows when he\u2019ll say it. He has deployed so many resources there now. Even Maduro\u2019s biggest allies, Russia and Iran, are currently on the defensive, and China will not go that far in supporting Maduro because it has wider interests throughout the region,\u201d Neumann said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/interview-sergej-trifunovic-both-washington-and-brussels-fear-the-student-list-the-embrace-of-the-sajkaca-and-the-hijab-is-an-epic-moment-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">INTERVIEW, SERGEJ TRIFUNOVI\u0106: Both Washington and Brussels fear the student list! The embrace of the \u0161ajka\u010da and the hijab is an epic moment! 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