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Several explosions shake Caracas: several military bases impacted
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Petro affirms that there are “bombings” over Caracas and requests urgent meetings of the UN and the OAS
He President of Colombia, Gustavo Petrohas assured that Caracas is being bombedafter detonations and explosions were heard at dawn in various parts of the Venezuelan capital amid tensions with the United States.
“At this moment they are bombing Caracas. Alert the whole world, they have attacked Venezuela. They bomb with missiles,” Petro stated on his X account in which he requested emergency meetings of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the UN.
At this moment they are bombing Caracas. Alert everyone, they have attacked Venezuela
They bombard with missiles.
The OAS and the UN must meet immediately.
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) January 3, 2026
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Several detonations shake Caracas amid tensions with the US
Several detonations and explosions with aircraft overflight were heard in the early hours of this Saturday in Caracas Without details being known so far, at a time when Venezuela has denounced “threats” from the Government of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, due to the military deployment in the Caribbean and the warnings of land attacks.
They circulate on social networks images of explosions in various parts of the Venezuelan capital, while some users reported detonations in the country’s main military fort, Fuerte Tiuna, to the west of the city and at the La Carlota military base.