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The Conviasa A340, en route from Russia to Porlamar (Margarita Island), was diverted to Maiquetía (Caracas). The group of B-52 bombers and F-18 fighter jets that were visible are no longer so. However, based on their last recorded location, they appear to be in the A340's flight path.

A U.S. Air Force B-52H “Stratofortress” Long-Range Strategic Bomber assigned to the “Bomber Barons” of the 23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Wing, going by the callsign (PAPPY11), is currently conducting a “show of force” off the coast of Venezuela, escorted by several F/A-18E/F Super Hornets from the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

.@PressSec: We view the Maduro regime as being illegitimate, and @POTUS has been very satisfied with the successful strikes against narcomilitants that are illegally trafficking drugs towards the United States of America. You can expect to see those strikes continue

Leavitt on Trump's boat strikes: "You can expect to see those strikes continue"

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino will attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo alongside Venezuelan leader María Corina Machado.

Air Europa and Plus Ultra join Iberia in cancelling their flights to Caracas from Madrid

From today, the US government considers President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela as the head of a foreign terrorist organisation (FTO). The US State Dept has just updated his FTO list to include the so-called "Cartel de los Soles" that Washington says Maduro heads

The Maduro administration denied the existence of the Cartel of the Suns and rejected its designation as a terrorist organization, calling it a U.S. "maneuver" to promote regime change. Foreign Minister Yván Gil asserted that these "aggressions"

Venezuelan airline Estelar has suspended its Madrid Caracas flights scheduled for Nov 24, 26, and 28

SOUTHCOM is restricting / limiting leave over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, in preparation for possible land strikes in the next 10 days to two weeks

Both US and non-US aircraft continue to avoid Venezuelan airspace after the FAA on Friday issued a security NOTAM

President Maduro celebrated his 63rd birthday on November 23, receiving expressions of loyalty from Venezuelan authorities.

President Gustavo Petro rejected the FAA's restrictions on flights to Venezuela: "Blocking countries is blocking peoples and that should be a crime against humanity."

Lula da Silva: "I am concerned because South America is considered a zone of peace"

Iberia cancels its commercial flights to Venezuela due to the situation in that country.

Map showing air alert zones issued by the FAA in recent days: the San Juan FIR and Maiquetía FIR are highlighted by security NOTAMs due to increased military activity in the Caribbean and Venezuela

The United States has issued a new NOTAM covering the entirety of the Venezuelan Flight Information Region (FIR). The advisory cites a potentially hazardous security environment due to a deteriorating situation and increased military activity in and around Venezuela

Trump says he will speak with Maduro in "the not too distant future" and that he has "something very specific to say."

Gustavo Petro: "The blockade of Venezuela was not lifted, Corinna was not allowed to participate, the price on Maduro's head was not removed, and the elections were not free. I said publicly: elections are not free under a blockaded country."

Gustavo Petro proposes "a shared transitional government" in Venezuela to "open paths to democracy, without undue pressure"

Bloomberg: A US Navy warship blocked a fuel tanker on its way from Russia to Venezuela and prevented it from reaching its destination. The tanker turned around and headed to Cuba, and since the incident a week ago, it has attempted to reach Venezuela twice more but was blocked both times

Reuters: Venezuela approves 15-year extension for oil joint ventures linked to Russia

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, in an interview with @OANN, stated that the designation of the Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist organization, which will take effect on November 24, "gives the United States a wide range of new options" to act against the Maduro regime. Hegseth declared that Maduro "is not a legitimately elected leader of Venezuela" and that "he is involved in drug trafficking and is formally indicted." "This gives our department more tools to offer the President options," he stated.

Fire reported at the José Antonio Anzoátegui Petrochemical Complex.

Diosdado Cabello: "Everyone supports dialogue. Dialogue doesn't mean surrendering." "Furthermore, dialogue is good when there are contradictions, and if they are properly presented, it works," he said.

The New York Times: Trump reportedly authorized CIA plans for covert action in Venezuela

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"Freedom, freedom": Relatives of Colombians detained in Venezuela protest again on the Simón Bolívar bridge

Trinidad and Tobago denies signing agreement to allow US to use the country as a base

Navy ship update for the Caribbean today:USS Gerald R. Ford; USS Mahan; USS Bainbridge; USS Winston S. Churchill; USS Lake Erie (in port in St. Thomas); USS Gettysburg; USS Stockdale; USS Gravely; USS Iwo Jima; USS Fort Lauderdale; USS San Antonio; USS Wichita (north of Cuba); The Ford, Mahan, Bainbridge and Winston S. Churchill all entered the Caribbean over the weekend after making their way across the Atlantic. They are all south of Puerto Rico, per people familiar with the matter