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Venezuelan airspace closes, Caracas oscillates between fear and routine
Tensions between Venezuela and the United States are rising rapidly, as Venezuelan citizens face deep uncertainty every day. This week, US fighter jets escorted a strategic bomber near the Venezuelan coast, while state media published footage of Venezuelan soldiers firing into the sky. In Caracas, panic brought thousands of people to supermarkets to stock up on necessities.
A day later, calm returned to normal, a chaotic reality that residents say is inexplicably tiring them. They live “ moment by moment ,” not knowing if an armed conflict could break out hours later.
" Monday was scary, the streets were empty. Wednesday it was like nothing had happened. Maduro's government is an expert at manipulating our emotions ," added a woman from Caracas, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of persecution.
Meanwhile, the Donald Trump administration, which announced today that it has closed Venezuelan airspace for security reasons, warning that any unauthorized aircraft “will be treated as a threat,” continues the pressure. The US has been amassing naval forces since August and has launched strikes on boats it says are part of drug trafficking. Maduro has mobilized the army and the people, even declaring a “holiday” to reduce domestic tension.
Adding to the crisis is a diplomatic war: six major airlines have lost their licenses to fly over Venezuela, while many travelers have been stranded. Ironically, at the same time, Maduro's regime is still allowing planes carrying deportees from the US to land.
" It's absurd. If they really believe a US attack is coming, why do they keep running deportation flights twice a week? " wrote analyst Geoff Ramsey.
Venezuelans, exhausted by poverty, lack of food, water and medicine, and political repression, feel immersed in a kind of propaganda "serial" that changes every day.
" Every time the US speaks, we hope. We think that maybe now something will happen and Maduro will go. But nothing happens. We have seen this scenario many times ," said a chef in Caracas.
While Trump warned that "action will come very soon," Venezuelan citizens are divided between fear and desire for immediate change, whatever it may be. /Adapted from "Pamphlet" by "Washington Post"
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