Overview
- The FAA warned carriers to exercise extreme caution over Venezuela for 90 days, citing risks at all altitudes in the Maiquetía flight region and requiring 72‑hour advance route notifications.
- American Airlines and United Airlines said they have stopped overflying Venezuelan airspace following the U.S. safety notice.
- U.S. Southern Command reported a bomber "demonstration of attack" on Nov. 21, F‑35 and B‑52 drills ran in Puerto Rico, the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier group remains deployed, and interdictions since September have destroyed about 20 boats with more than 80 dead.
- President Donald Trump said he will speak with Nicolás Maduro "in the not too distant future" and has "something very specific" to tell him.
- The administration is moving to designate the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization on Nov. 24 as reports cite CIA authorization for covert options, while Venezuelan leaders mobilize militia forces, open a tactical training center, and denounce U.S. exercises in Trinidad and Tobago as an aggression.