Caracas/IBNS, Jan. 3 -- The United States has launched strikes inside Venezuela following months of escalating threats by US PresidentDonald Trumpagainst Venezuelan PresidentNicolas Maduro, triggering explosions across the capital Caracas and prompting the Maduro government to declare a national state of emergency.

According to a US official, American forces carried out strikes as blasts rocked Caracas in the early hours, with explosions, aircraft movement and thick black smoke visible across the city for nearly 90 minutes.

The Venezuelan government said the attacks were not limited to the capital, but also hit civilian and military installations in the states of Miranda, Aragua and La Guaira.

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