🔗 Share this article Blasts and Low-Altitude Aircraft Witnessed in Venezuela's Capital Caracas City Reports emerged of numerous detonations and the roar of low-altitude planes in Caracas in the early hours of Saturday morning. This incident has led to allegations from the Venezuelan authorities and requests for diplomatic action. Caracas Blames US of Attack Venezuela's incumbent regime has accused the US of what it calls "foreign aggression," claiming that former President Trump supposedly authorized attacks against the Latin American nation. In an official announcement, the authorities asserted that attacks had hit the capital and several other states: Miranda, La Guaira, and Aragua state. "Our only objective of this aggression is to gain control of our nation's natural resources, in particular its oil and mineral wealth," Venezuela said. The government appealed to the global community to condemn the actions, which it labeled a "flagrant violation of international norms" that placed numerous of civilians in peril. Reports of Blasts and Military Bases Hit Locals described hearing approximately multiple powerful blasts around 2:00 AM in the morning. Residents in various districts reportedly hurried into the streets outside. "The whole ground shook. It was frightening. We experienced explosions and jets in the sky," said one local. Black smoke was seen rising from major military installations in Caracas: the La Carlota airbase air base and the Fuerte Tiuna base army base, where leader Nicolás Maduro is thought to have a residence. International Reaction The president of bordering Colombia, wrote on social media that "At this moment they are bombing Venezuela... bombing it with rockets." He called for an immediate emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. The Colombian government, which recently became a member of the Security Council, said it would activate security measures at its frontier with its neighbor. Context The alleged strikes come after a months-long military buildup by the Trump administration against the Maduro administration. Beginning in August, authorities reported a substantial US military buildup off the country's northern coast and a number of airstrikes on vessels linked to drug trafficking. Venezuela's government has stated "the implementation of external disturbance" and ordered all national defense plans to be activated. It has also summoned its political forces to protest and "repudiate this foreign act." US authorities and the Pentagon have not immediately commented on inquiries for comment regarding the events.