Maduro resumes acceptance of Venezuelan deportees from US after Trump request

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Venezuela announced on Tuesday that it will once again accept flights from the United States carrying native deportees in response to a request from the Trump administration. 

The flights were recently temporarily canceled after President Donald Trump last Saturday closed the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela “in its entirety.” The development came after Venezuela had accepted around 8,000 nationals flown in from the U.S. since March, as of a CBS report published in late October. 

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