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Venezuela has accused United States President Donald Trump of issuing a colonial threat after he declared on social media that the airspace above the country should be treated as completely closed. Caracas said the remark carried no legal force yet could unsettle travel plans and heighten worries among airlines already wary of growing military tension in the region.

In a statement, Venezuela’s foreign ministry described the comment as an extravagant and unlawful act that targeted ordinary Venezuelans. Trump had posted on Truth Social telling pilots, airlines, drug traffickers and human traffickers to consider the skies above and around Venezuela closed …