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Increasing levels of GPS interference have been reported around Venezuela over the past month. Since the U.S. has been moving naval assets into the area and generally rattling the sabre in Venezuela\u2019s general direction, they are the likely culprit. Bloomberg<\/a>, Sky News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Increasing levels of GPS interference have been reported around Venezuela over the past month. Since the U.S. has been moving naval assets into the area and generally rattling the sabre in Venezuela\u2019s general direction, they… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-11-27T13:39:14+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m6milrxaie2p","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m6milrxaie2p\",\"cid\":\"bafyreianibjftryuiuu4k5qkv3i57mpzyilifnt2qwu3rd3xz5sotgcnmm\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreibgeluppr4m2zclvi7rsmiwyfsasd3iwspnh2loshasw7up6fmipu\",\"rev\":\"3m6milrxm7e2p\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[1333,1761],"class_list":["post-1845229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-gps","tag-gps-spoofing","tag-venezuela","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785954,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/07\/an-osprey-named-julie\/","url_meta":{"origin":1845229,"position":0},"title":"An Osprey Named Julie","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"17 July 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"It began with an osprey named Julie, who in 2015 migrated from the Detroit River in Michigan all the way to Maracaibo, Venezuela, stopping at wetlands and wildlife refuges along the way. 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