Flightradar24 showed no planes were traveling over Venezuela on Sunday at 4 a.m. ET, instead going around the edge of the country.

Venezuela condemned U.S. President Trump's assertion that the airspace around Venezuela should be considered closed, a government statement said on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump has announced on his personal social network Truth Social that the skies over Venezuela have been closed."To all Airlines, Pilots,

President Trump posted on social media that Venezuela's airspace should be considered as "closed in its entirety."

President Donald Trump is ramping up a lethal campaign aimed at drug traffickers that observers say could topple Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

The United States continued its pressure campaign against Venezuela on Saturday as President Donald Trump issued a broad directive on social media, warning airlines, pilots and criminal networks to avoid Venezuelan airspace.

President Trump on Saturday said the airspace above Venezuela is now completely closed off as tensions escalate between the U.S. and South American country over alleged drug trafficking. “To all Airlines,

For months, the president has intensified U.S. military presence in the region, ramping up pressure on Venezuela with strikes on alleged drug boats since early September. The military has carried out nearly two dozen known strikes on vessels they said were carrying drugs, killing at least 82 people.

President Donald Trump said in a brief Nov. 29 social media post that airspace around the South American country should be considered closed.