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The F.A.A. grounded U.S. flights in the region because of the Trump administration’s military action in Venezuela, stranding travelers and disrupting vacations. Operations restarted on Sunday morning.
The U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country early Saturday has also disrupted Caribbean travel at a busy travel time for the region.
Hours after the United States delivered multiple military strikes and executed an operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, dozens of flights were canceled, triggering travel disruptions in the Caribbean that the Federal Aviation Administration warned could last for days.
The U.S. military strikes in Venezuela are disrupting global travel, including for a North Texas lawmaker whose flight was canceled after the FAA closed Caribbean airspace. Hundreds of flights have been grounded during the busy travel season,
Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro now sits behind bars in New York after American forces captured the socialist leader in a dark of night raid early Saturday. The political future of the country - and its oil industry - remains in question.
More countries are joining the growing list of travel destinations facing restricted access to or from the U.S.