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ocialist Party President Diosdado Cabello holds up a small copy of the Venezuelan constitution during his weekly press conference, last week
VENEZUELA’S oil minister has warned of “terrorism” and said the government was investigating a “sabotage against the people” following Saturday’s explosion at an oil plant in Miranda state.
The blast at the state-run natural gas-filling plant led to the temporary evacuation of 6,500 residents of Ocumare del Tuy on Saturday evening.
Smoke was seen billowing into the sky after the explosion. Miranda state governor Hector Rodriguez Castro said that one worker had been injured and was being treated in a local hospital.
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