Venezuela says U.S. bans Maduro from flying over Puerto Rico [View all]

[Zorro]

Venezuela said on Thursday the United States banned President Nicolas Maduro's jet from flying through U.S. airspace over Puerto Rico en route to a state visit to China in what Caracas called an act of aggression.

There was no immediate comment from the United States, and it was unclear why Maduro's flight would be rejected. He is due in Beijing this weekend for talks. China is a major lender to his government, and Chinese firms are heavily involved in the OPEC nation's oil industry.

Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said a flight plan filed by Venezuela that would have routed the president's plane over Puerto Rico had been rejected by U.S. authorities.

"We denounce it as yet more U.S. aggression," Jaua said. "We reserve the right to take whatever measures we have to if the U.S. government and its aviation authorities don't rectify this new assault on Venezuela's sovereignty."

http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-says-u-bans-maduro-flying-over-puerto-003141291.html

Flying through Puerto Rican airspace on the way to China? Sounds as if someone flunked Geography class in elementary school.