Venezuela Claims Five U.S. Jets Approached Its Coastline: 'Military Harassment'
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In the Caribbean, tensions between Washington and Caracas persist. South American country now speaks of military harassment near its territory.
By Michael Rios and Germán Padinger Venezuela has detected five U.S. fighter jets flying near its coast over the Caribbean, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said Thursday, describing the incident as a “provocation” by Washington. “They are fighter jets. Fighter jets that U.S. imperialism has dared to approach Venezuelan shores,” he declared on state-run VTV.
(Mexico City = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Jae-rim = Venezuelan military authorities have detected the flight path of a U.S. fighter jet flying close to their coast, calling it a "provocative act"...
Venezuela accused the United States of threatening its security after at least five U.S. fighter planes approached its shores, Defense Minister Vladimir Godfather said Thursday. “I denounce this military harassment of the world,” Godrino said during a televised speech on state television. “This is a great threat.” Padrino gave no more details about when the raids were carried out, whether the planes entered Venezuelan airspace or whether Venezue…
"I denounce to the world the military harassment, the military threat of the U.S. government against the people of Venezuela," Maduro's Defense Minister says.
Venezuela denounced on Thursday that five U.S. fighters approached its shores, in the midst of the crisis over Washington's military deployment in the Caribbean for counter-narcotics operations. In statements on state television, Defense Minister Vladimir Godfather said that the Venezuelan air defense system "detected more than five vectors," which he defined as "combat aircraft." The U.S. mobilized nearly a month ago 10 F-35 planes to Puerto Ri…
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