APEX-Venezuela Asociación de la Prensa Extranjera en Venezuela

By Ana Vanessa Herrero, Anthony Faiola and  Shane Harris / Washington Post CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s authoritarian government claimed Monday that it had dismantled a covert operation to blow up power plants and oil facilities to destabilize the socialist state, saying it had detained eight plotters including an American traveling with heavy arms, explosives, surveillance footage and cash. In a nationally televised address, Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab said active members of the Venezuelan military had aided the American, identified by authorities as Matthew John Heath. ...