CARACAS, May 19 (Reuters) - Venezuela accused the United States on Monday of violating its airspace around two small Caribbean islands over the weekend in what it said was a provocation coordinated with neighboring Colombia.
The United States said it was looking into the allegation made by the anti-U.S. government of President Hugo Chavez just two days after Venezuela accused troops from U.S. ally Colombia of crossing its border.
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By Daniel Cancel and Matthew Walter May 19 (Bloomberg) - Venezuelan Defense Minister Gustavo Reyes Rangel Briceno said a U.S. military plane violated the South American country's airspace on May 17, and said the government is seeking an explanation.
A military plane was detected flying over the Venezuelan island of Orchila at 8:40 p.m. (9:10 p.m. New York time), Briceno told reporters today in Caracas. The pilot identified himself and said he had been conducting training exercises over Curacao and didn't realize he had entered Venezuelan airspace, the Venezuelan defense minister said.
hese allegations and provide them with an answer,'' McCormack told reporters in Washington today.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela will summon the US ambassador to explain a violation of its airspace by a US military plane, the country's foreign

Venezuela has accused the United States of allegedly violating its airspace after an American military jet was tracked flying over the countryâs island of Orchila on Saturday.
According to Defense Minister Gustavo Rangel, the jet was over Orchila and near a second island before it turned around. Rangel has said there was communication between the pilot and the Venezuelaâs defense department in which the airplane was ordered to identify itself.

Defence Minister Gustavo Rangel said the jet had been tracked by country's air defences over the Venezuelan-owned island of La Orchila on Saturday.
He said the US ambassador would be summoned to provide an explanation.
both the US and Colombia accusing Venezuela of financing the left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's foreign minister said the US ambassador will be summoned to explain an alleged incursion by a US military plane in