Reports of explosions come at moment of heightened tensionpublished at 07:27 GMT
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Will Grant
Central America and Cuba Correspondent
There were numerous near-simultaneous reports of explosions in several places in Caracas, including military installations.
La Carlota, a military airfield in the centre of the city, and the main military base of Fuerte Tiuna were described by eyewitnesses as having been affected, with video circulating of apparent explosions at both.
Several of the surrounding communities are without power. There are unconfirmed reports of planes flying over the city.
The developments come at a moment of heightened tension between the US and Venezuela as Washington keeps up its military strikes on speedboats in the Caribbean allegedly carrying drugs.
The US says the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was illegitimately elected and is personally involved in drug-smuggling through the country.
The Venezuelan Government say recent actions by Washington – which include the confiscation of sanctioned oil tankers – are part of an effort to force the removal of President Maduro from power and control Venezuela’s oil reserves.
