Venezuelan Airport

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  Detained US Man, In TV Statement, Says Plotted Nicolas Maduro's Capture

  Venezuelan state television broadcast on Wednesday a video of captured American Luke Denman, in which he said he was contracted by a Florida security firm to seize control of Caracas' airport and bring in a plane to fly President Nicolas Maduro to the United States.

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  Russian Jet's Arrival Fires Up Venezuelan Social Media Amid US Sanctions

  The unusual arrival of a Russian passenger plane in Caracas has set social media abuzz with rumors about its mission after the Kremlin pledged to support its ally Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro against a US-backed effort to drive him from office

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  Egyptian Visitor Killed At Venezuela's Main Airport

  Venezuelan authorities say an Egyptian visitor has been killed during what appears to be a botched robbery at Caracas' international airport.

• Woman with Cocaine Breast Implants Arrested in Madrid

  A Venezuelan woman with 1.7 kilos of cocaine hidden in her breast implants was arrested at Madrid airport after arriving on a flight from Colombia, police said on Friday.

• Aruba to Hold Venezuelan Official Seeking Immunity

  A judge in Aruba ruled Friday that the highest-ranking Venezuelan official ever arrested on a US warrant must remain behind bars pending an extradition request on drug-trafficking charges, prompting Venezuela to cancel flights to the Dutch Caribbean island in retaliation.

• Air France bomb threat in Caracas was false alarm: officials

  A bomb threat that forced the evacuation of an Air France jet in Caracas was a false alarm, Venezuelan authorities said today.

• Venezuelans told to 'unfriend' Facebook over US spying

  A government minister in Venezuela, which has offered fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden asylum, is urging her countrymen to cancel their Facebook accounts lest they be targeted by US snooping.

• Edward Snowden needs 'world's protection': Venezuela

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that Caracas had not yet received a request for political asylum from former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden and would decide on it only when it did.

• Plane stolen from Venezuelan airport

  An aircraft was stolen from a hangar at Caracas' Maiquetia International Airport during the weekend, authorities said.There was no trace of the flight on the list of departures kept by the control tower and police suspect that drug traffickers managed to take away the plane. The plane, owned by an agribusiness firm, was taken from an auxiliary term...