“Starlink is providing free broadband service to the people of Venezuela through February 3, ensuring continued connectivity,” Starlink said.
The free service was part of a move to support people in Venezuela after the U.S. bombed the country and captured that nation’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, early Jan. 3.
The Starlink announcement came hours before SpaceX’s Falcon 9, also owned by Musk, launched 29 new Starlink satellites into space from Florida, adding to its total of over 9,000 operational satellites orbiting space.
Starlink provides high-speed internet from satellites and can reach remote areas, which often have issues receiving internet. It’s used by over 9 million people.
“He was in a house that was more like a fortress than a house. It had steel doors. It had what they call the safety space, where it’s, you know, solid steel all around,” Trump said.
Trump said Maduro got “bum rushed so fast” that he didn’t get into his safe room.
“It was very complex, extremely complex, the whole maneuver, the landings, the number of aircraft, which were a massive number, the number of helicopters, different type of helicopters, different type of fighter jets,” Trump said.
U.S. forces quickly flew him out of Venezuela and onto a warship headed for New York, where he is facing charges for narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.
