Donald Trump claims that the message is for airline pilots, drug dealers and other people who have business in the area.

"To all airlines, pilots, drug traffickers, and individuals, please consider closing all airspace over and around Venezuela. Thank you for your attention to this issue! President Donald J. Trump," the message signed by the American president reads.

Huge tension in the Caribbean

Since August, Washington has had a significant military presence in the Caribbean, justified by the fight against drug traffickers. The world's largest aircraft carrier has also arrived in the area. A contingent of US Marines also conducted exercises in Trinidad and Tobago from November 16 to 21, and some remained in the archipelago located very close to the coast of Venezuela.

"In Tobago, there are US Marines helping us with the airport. The plan there involves the runway, the road and the radar. They will help us improve our surveillance and radar information for drug traffickers in and outside our waters," said the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.

The explanation from the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago has raised questions from locals. The local government of Tobago, the country's second-largest island that is home to beaches and numerous tourist activities, has expressed concerns about the investment in military infrastructure. The head of the local government has requested full details of what is to be installed in Tobago. He has invoked Tobago's neutral position and obtained the promise of a meeting where all the issues listed will be discussed.

Venezuela claims that the Americans are preparing an attack

In late October, the USS Gravely arrived in Trinidad and Tobago. Persad-Bissessar, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, has repeatedly made hostile statements against the Venezuelan government, while emphasizing that Washington has never asked for permission to use the archipelago to launch attacks against Venezuela.

Officially, the US military presence in the area is aimed at combating drug trafficking. However, Venezuela sees it as a threat. At the same time, there is talk of an operation aimed at removing President Nicolás Maduro from power and seizing the country's vast oil reserves.

Military cooperation between Trinidad and Tobago and the United States has angered Venezuela, leading to the cancellation of gas agreements between the two countries. Tensions have increased further after the government of Grenada, another island in the area, announced that it had received a request from the United States to install a radar on its territory.

Since September, US forces have attacked more than 20 suspected drug-trafficking ships in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. At least 83 people have died."You've probably noticed that people are not going to ship (drugs) by sea anymore, and we're going to start stopping them on land as well," the US president said during a televised Thanksgiving speech.