President Donald Trump held a news conference Saturday morning that may have far-reaching implications not just for geopolitics but also for airlines, international aviation law, and the future of Venezuela’s flag carrier, Conviasa. With the United States having earlier struck targets in Venezuela and captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the president made extraordinary statements about the U.S. role in governance there, including multiple declarations that the United States would “run” Venezuela until a new government could be installed. Let’s examine the aviation angle.
Trump’s news conference came after a dramatic overnight operation in Caracas and elsewhere in Venezuela in which, according to U.S. officials, President Maduro and his wife were captured and flown to U.S. custody. Trump has said they are being taken to New York to face federal charges, including narcoterrorism and corruption allegations.
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