US Intelligence Flights Near Venezuela: A Dangerous Escalation Threatening Regional Stability

In Caracas, Venezuela's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López publicly condemned what he calls an alarming pattern of United States intelligence flights operating aggressively near Venezuelan airspace. These actions echo a broader effort by Washington to justify an interventionist military posture aimed at forcibly removing President Nicolás Maduro.Is Washington Provoking Conflict Under the Guise of Intelligence Operations?Padrino López detailed how US reconnaissance planes, such as the Boeing RC-135 equipped with advanced electronic and signal intelligence systems, have intensified their surveillance missions—not just during daylight but nocturnally—tripling flyovers in August and maintaining daily operations since September. This increased activity includes tanker aircraft...