Caracas closes its airspace to all traffic to/from Argentina
The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry announced the closing of its country's airspace to any aircraft coming from or going to Argentina until that nation compensates Emtrasur for the theft and subsequent destruction of one of its planes. teleSUR
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00:00 The Venezuelan foreign ministry announced the closing of its country's airspace to
00:04 any aircraft coming from or going to Argentina until that nation compensates EMTRA Sur for
00:10 the thief and subsequent destruction of one of its planes.
00:14 The government of Venezuela pointed out that Argentina intends to ignore the consequences
00:19 of its acts of piracy and thief.
00:22 Last February, Caracas denounced before the international community the violation of international
00:28 law by the US and Argentinian governments for the thief of an aircraft belonging to
00:33 the state company Conviasa.
00:35 The plane was retained in Buenos Aires since June 2022 and sent to the United States last
00:41 February where it was vandalized.
00:43 The Venezuelan government condemned these actions as posing a threat to the region's
00:48 aviation security, emphasizing that it will take legal and diplomatic measures to safeguard
00:53 the country's rights over its patrimonial assets.
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