Venezuela’s military intelligence officials detained seven workers at facility owned by a state-owned oil producer Petroleos de Venezuela amid a terrorism-related investigation.  The workers at the Paraguana refining complex in Falcon state were held on Thursday by the intelligence police, known as DGCIM. They have been sent to Caracas, where they face a probe on a plan to attack the site, said Harold Guerrero, a lawyer for one of the detainees. By Fabiola Zerpa. Full Text -> Bloomberg News

Funcionarios de inteligencia militar detuvieron a siete trabajadores en una instalación de la estatal, Petróleos de Venezuela, en medio de una investigación relacionada con el terrorismo.Los trabajadores del complejo de refinación de Paraguaná en el estado Falcón fueron detenidos el jueves por la policía de inteligencia, conocida como DGCIM. Fueron enviados a Caracas, donde enfrentan una investigación sobre un plan para atacar el sitio, dijo Harold Guerrero, abogado de uno de los detenidos.

Bartolo Guerra, a tugboat captain with more than 20 years of experience at PDVSA’s maritime unit, was arrested by military counterintelligence officials in the eastern city of Puerto La Cruz in May 2020. He had voiced concerns about corruption and poor work conditions, according to a union leader present at the meeting. By Deisy Buitrago and Luc Cohen. Full Text -> Reuters

Last Friday, President Nicolás Maduro signed a new collective contract that protects working conditions of the workforce of the state company Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA). The objective of this agreement is to recover the comprehensive protection system for workers. Full Text -> Explica