Venezuela Presidents Denies US Request to Use Venezuela Air Space for Narcotics Flights As U.S. Scrambles to Replace the Loss of Panama for Counterdrug Efforts

On May 24, 1999, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he will deny a U.S. request to use Venezuela’s airspace for anti-narcotics flights. Meanwhile, the U.S. is scrambling to replace the use of Howard Air Force Base for its regional counterdrug efforts... [more]