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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro confirmed that an “attack” was aimed at the largest oil refinery in Venezuela, and blamed “terrorist groups” linked to the opposition, Juan Guaidó, for this attack.
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Yesterday, Wednesday, the Socialist president said during a conference in Caracas that the Amway refinery in northwestern Venezuela “was attacked with a powerful weapon” Tuesday at noon.
He added that this “attack” resulted in “a metal turret thicker than that of an overturned tank.”
Without explaining the impact of the “attack” on oil production, or the weapon that was used, Maduro affirmed that it was the work of “a terrorist group of Juan Guaidó,” the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, recognized by some 50 countries as interim president. .
In response to these statements, Juan Guaidó claimed that Maduro had made “lies”. He wrote in a tweet on “Twitter”: “What has destroyed my money and the refineries, corruption and looting” of the oil facilities.
The opposition said an explosion occurred at Amway. Representative Luis Stefanelli believed the accident was likely a “hydrofluoric acid leak” rather than an “attack.”
The Amway refinery is part of the huge Paraguaná oil complex, one of the largest oil complexes in the world. In theory, its capacity is 955 thousand barrels per day, but its current production is far from this figure.
Source: AFP
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