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.
nother Caribbean island, Curacao, a former Dutch colony which the United States uses for training, Rangel said. Continued...

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.

WASHINGTON (AFP) — A US Navy surveillance jet lost its way during a counter-drug mission and strayed into Venezuelan airspace, US officials said Monday

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The US regrets any "accidental infringement" of Venezuelan airspace by a US plane over the weekend, the State Department said Monday,