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The FAA had restricted the airspace in the Caribbean and Venezuela due to military operations in the area by the Trump administration that included the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.
Delcy Rodríguez, a close ally of captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, has been named interim president.
A suspected arson attack has caused a widespread power cut in Berlin since Saturday. City authorities said on Sunday that it was a result of a politically motivated attack by “left-wing extremists”.
Nicolas Maduro landed late on Saturday afternoon at a small airport in New York City’s northern suburbs.
A SUSPECTED car bomb has destroyed a vehicle belonging to a senior Ukrainian officer in Kyiv. At the time of the blast, two people were believed to be in or near the vehicle. One man was hospitalised with shrapnel injuries, though his identity and curr…
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The prison where Maduro will be held after his capture by US special forces has been described as “hell on earth”.
Long seen as a powerful figure, Flores has also faced allegations of corruption and nepotism.
Long seen as a powerful figure, Flores has also faced allegations of corruption and nepotism.
So even before the West flooded Ukraine with MANPADS early on, Russian airborne insertions and attack helicopters and even fixed-wing aviation suffered losses.
Meanwhile Venezuela no US aircraft were lost, with multiple helicopters flying around the capital and close to sensitive sites – the Presidential palace
What explains the difference in outcomes?
– Timing: soldiers not at post at 1am, despite the US armada off the coast.
– Limited willingness of Venezuelan soldiers to actually fight or commanders bribed.
– The US has effective countermeasures against older soviet IR based missiles, heat signature minimisiation and flares. BUT – are these really so much better than Russia’s?
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