The Venezuelan government blamed the United States administration led by President Donald Trump for the massive explosions that rocked the capital, Caracas, in the early hours of Saturday, following which a national emergency was declared.<\/p>\n
Venezuela-US conflict LIVE: The presidents of Colombia and Cuba voiced concern and criticism over the unfolding developments in Venezuela.
\nColombian President Gustavo Petro said his government opposed any unilateral military action that could worsen the situation or endanger civilians. \u201cThe Colombian Government rejects any unilateral military action that could aggravate the situation or put the civilian population at risk,\u201d he wrote on X.
\nCuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel condemned what he called a \u201ccriminal\u201d attack by the US on Venezuela. In a post on X, he said Cuba was urgently calling on the international community to respond, adding that the region\u2019s \u201czone of peace\u201d was being \u201cbrutally assaulted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Venezuela-US conflict LIVE: Colombia opposes military action in Venezuela; Cuba condemns \u2018criminal\u2019 attack<\/p>\n
Amid President Donald Trump\u2019s crackdown on drug cartels, tensions between Venezuela and the US appeared to escalate after the Venezuelan government blamed Washington for a series of powerful explosions that rocked the capital, Caracas, in the early hours of Saturday.<\/p>\n
While official confirmation that the explosions were caused by US airstrikes was still awaited, a CBS reporter said on X that President Trump had ordered strikes on targets inside Venezuela, including military facilities.<\/p>\n
Venezuela explosions | Key points<\/p>\n
Multiple explosions and what were described as sounds of low-flying aircraft were heard early Saturday in Caracas and several other areas.<\/p>\n
Loud blasts accompanied by noises resembling aircraft flyovers were reported around 2 am (0600 GMT) in the capital, AFP reported, citing its journalist.<\/p>\n
Unverified visuals circulated on social media, purportedly showing the moment explosions struck Caracas. One video claimed to show large blasts at Higuerote Airport, about 87 km east of the capital.<\/p>\n
According to a statement by the Venezuelan government, the attacks occurred in Caracas as well as in the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira.<\/p>\n
Following the incidents, President Nicolas Maduro declared a national emergency and called on social and political forces to \u201cactivate mobilisation plans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Venezuelan government blamed the United States administration led by President Donald Trump for the massive explosions that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,187645,187640,3,187643,187642,21,19,22,20,25,187641,24,187638,187644,187639],"class_list":["post-385421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-caracas-airport-explosion","tag-caracas-blasts","tag-news","tag-nicolas-maduro-national-emergency","tag-trump-drug-cartel-crackdown","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-airstrikes-venezuela","tag-usa","tag-venezuela-explosions","tag-venezuela-military-strikes","tag-venezuela-us-tensions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}