Hoo Boy: U.S. Seizes Venezuelan President Maduro's Plane In Dominican Republic

Posted • September 2, 2024: This seems important. CNN is reporting that the U.S. has seized the private plane of Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro in the Dominican Republic. As the clip says, this is likely related to sanctions violations. -- Are we doing war shit again? Seems like it. Maduro won't be happy about this. What jurisdiction does the U.S. have in the Dominican Republic? Good question. 🚨 SNAGS MADURO'S PLANE - CLAIMS SANCTIONS. In a rare move, the U.S. has seized Venezuelan President Maduro’s plane in the Dominican Republic, citing sanctions violations. Maduro was not on board, but this bold act of confiscating a foreign head of state’s aircraft is unusual—although, to be fair, the U.S. does not recognize Maduro as the president of Venezuela. Seizing a sitting president’s plane doesn’t happen every day… or has it ever?! Seizing the plane of a foreign head of state seems to be a rare occurance. I wonder who made the call? Likely not the Prez or VP. Good question.

The plane is in Florida. As of right now -- nothing is posted on the official White House, POTUS, or VP accounts. Given that it's a holiday, not surprising. But we'd like to know who made this call and why. (…)

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