Caracas - The Minister of Petroleum of Venezuela, Manuel Quevedo, denounced today the destruction of the Repumping Station Ero, located in the Orinoco Oil Belt Hugo Chavez, and described it as a terrorist action.

Through the Twitter social network, the Minister detailed that the affected plant guarantees the distribution of crude Merey, fuel used for exports.

Quevedo said that product 'is that which Venezuela sells abroad to buy food, medicines and inputs for the people'.

The also president of the state Petroleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) assured the event is 'also sorry one (...) because they want to take us to a situation where we don't have incomes from the sale of crude'.

Quevedo argued that the facts occurred after the call for domestic violence in the South American nation, made by U.S. President Donald Trump, last Monday.

This terrorist action against the Venezuelan oil industry occurred hours after Trump, with his warmongering harangue, incited to violence and war', wrote the minister in his Twitter account.

He also highlighted the work, support and commitment of Pdvsa workers facing the contingency.

Destabilization actions promoted by the rightwing forces center their targets in burning fundamental entities for economic and social development of the Bolivarian nation, that have become more severew since January 10, when constitutional president, Nicolas Maduro, assumed as president.

In that sense, Washington authorities with their interventionist pretentions, showed that the Venezuelan oil industry is one of their main power targets.

To carry out its plans, the White House blocked the assets of Citgo, subsidiary of Pdvsa in the U.S., freezing its accounts and gave the power to the alleged transition government of Venezuela, led by deputy of the disowned National Assembly, led vby deputy of that Assembly, Juan Guaido, to form a new board of directors.