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Venezuela: Caracas demands US identify PDVSA industrial spies

VENEZUELA has demanded that the US identify the agents who spied on national oil firm PDVSA.

Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandro Fleming delivered a formal letter of protest to charge d’affaires Lee McClenny, the top diplomat at the US embassy, in Caracas on Thursday.

Wednesday’s revelations by US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden that spies had intercepted emails from Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) prompted Caracas to review its already strained relations with Washington.

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