Venezuela Claims to Have Captured U.S. Pilot

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday that his government had captured several Americans, including a pilot, and had banned a number of prominent U.S. citizens from entering the country, NBC News reported. On the list of citizens banned, referred to as the "terrorist list", are George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, the former head of the CIA George Tenent and some members of Congress. Speaking during a rally, he said all Americans in the future will have to seek visas to visit the country. Maduro is reacting to similar measures the Obama administration put against a group of Venezuelan public officials. One of the people banned, U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, was unimpressed: "I've always wanted to travel to a corrupt country that is not a free democracy. And now Castro's lap dog won't let me!" the Republican from Florida said in a tweet.

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