From CNN: A CNN team witnessed several explosions early Saturday in Caracas, and reported that some areas of the city were without electricity.
The first blast was recorded at approximately 1.50am local time (0.50aET).
“One was so strong, my window was shaking after it,” CNNE correspondent Osmary Hernandez said.
Several areas of the city were without power and CNN journalists in the Venezuelan capital could hear sound of aircraft after the explosions.
The incident comes amid intense US pressure in the region. NY Post reports:
On Friday, Venezuela said it was open to negotiating an agreement with the United States to combat drug trafficking.
The South American country’s President Nicolás Maduro also said in a pretaped interview aired Thursday that the US wants to force a government change in Venezuela and gain access to its vast oil reserves through the monthslong pressure campaign that began with a massive military deployment to the Caribbean Sea in August.
Maduro has been charged with narco-terrorism in the US.
The CIA was behind a drone strike last week at a docking area believed to have been used by Venezuelan drug cartels in what was the first known direct operation on Venezuelan soil since the US began strikes on boats in September.
Read more at CNN
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