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Venezuela condemned what it called an “attack by the United States against an unmanned civilian aircraft of Chinese origin,†taking a clear side in the growing international dispute after a similar balloon was reported over Latin America.
The US once again “resorts to the use of force†against a device that didn’t represent any military or physical threat to people on the ground, according to a Venezuela Foreign Ministry statement.
Latin American leaders have remained quiet about the presence of a Chinese balloon over their territories while the US has said the discovery in its airspace is part of a broader Chinese spying program. The balloon over the US was shot down Sunday by an F-22 Raptor.
Venezuela’s leftist government, led by President Nicolas Maduro, has had strained relations with the US, and the South American country has been under economic and oil sanctions since 2019.