Venezuela orders cut off of air, sea traffic with three Caribbean neighbours

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has ordered a temporary shutdown of air and maritime traffic with three Caribbean neighbours, accusing smugglers thereof seeking to plunder his South American country. In a televised address on Friday, Maduro said he had halted all flights and ship traffic to the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, known as the “ABC islands,” for 72 hours. He accused the three countries of running black markets by syphoning everything from copper to food before selling the items. More…