BOGOTA, Colombia/ISTANBUL Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said Sunday that the US has been conducting intelligence flights in the Caribbean and areas close to his country. “Every day in September, and last night, intelligence aircraft and tankers were refueling in the air. Intelligence and reconnaissance operations against Venezuela tripled in August,” said Padrino Lopez, speaking to Venezuela's state channel VTV. "What information they gather is their own business. We are