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USA warns against flights over Venezuela
Updated 11/21/2025 – 11:40 p.mReading time: 11 minutes
Ghislaine Maxwell does not want to testify before the House of Representatives. The USA warns airlines against flights over Venezuela. All developments in the news blog.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is warning major airlines of a potentially dangerous situation when flying over Venezuela. The authority cited the “deteriorating security situation and increased military activity in or around Venezuela” as the reason on Friday. The threats could pose a danger to aircraft at all altitudes. The warning comes amid a massive troop concentration in the region, which includes the US Navy’s largest aircraft carrier, at least eight other warships and F-35 aircraft.
Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s confidante, Ghislaine Maxwell, does not want to testify before the House of Representatives Legislative Committee. This is what the chairman of the committee, James Comer, said. According to the Republican, Maxwell wanted to refuse to testify.
“I could spend a lot of taxpayer money sending staff and representatives there, but if she’s invoking the Fifth Amendment, I don’t know if that’s a good investment,” Comer said, according to a report by Politico.
Maxwell is said to have previously set conditions for her testimony: Among other things, the Epstein confidant is said to have requested immunity from further criminal proceedings and the committee’s questions in advance. Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022. US President Donald Trump recently approved a law that would make all investigation files into Epstein’s crimes public.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) lifted the 40 percent tariffs imposed in July on Brazilian foods such as beef and coffee. The US government wants to reduce the increased food costs in the USA. The taxes were introduced as a punitive measure against Brazil over its prosecution of former president and Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro.
