Protests erupted across Caracas after incumbent President Nicolás Maduro declared himself victor in the Venezuelan elections on Sunday (28 July), a widely discredited results. Credit: Pedro Rances Mattey / Getty.

The Venezuelan government has suspended commercial flights to and from Panama and the Dominican Republic, two of several nations to condemn President Nicolás Maduro’s self-declared election victory.

All Venezuelan flights to and from Panama and the Dominican Republic will stop from 31 July at 8pm local time.

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Panama and the Dominican Republic are key stopover hubs for airlines connecting Venezuela with Europe, the US and the rest of the world.

The suspension will disrupt regular routes operated by Copa Airlines, Turpial Airlines, Venezolana de Aviación, Sky High Dominicana, Avior, Laser Airlines and Rutaca Airlines.

Electoral fraud in Venezuela?

Maduro’s government said the flight ban is a “rejection of the interference of right-wing governments”, following international scrutiny over the legitimacy of his unlikely victory, manipulative electoral tactics and isolated incidents of violence.

Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Yván Gil has ousted all diplomats from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Peru and Uruguay.

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Venezuela firmly rejects the interference and statements of a group of right-wing governments subordinate to Washington and openly committed to the most sordid ideological postulates of international fascism, trying to revive the failed and defeated Lima Group. They intend to ignore the electoral results of the Presidential Elections held this Sunday, 28 of July 2024, which were won by President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro, for a new Constitutional Period 2025-2031. Credit: Yan Gil / X.

Since Venezuela’s elections on 28 July, protestors clashed with police, toppled statues, and set streets on fire across the capital Caracas after Maduro reclaimed office for a third time since 2013 – despite polls showing his vast unpopularity.

Opposition leader María Corina Machado, who was banned from standing as a candidate but instead endorsed Edmundo González, said her party has proof it received 73.2% of the vote.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington has “serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people.”