Venezuela sends in Guarapiche cleaners

Cleanup: Workers set up barriers to contain the oil spill in the Guarapiche River on the outskirts of Maturin in this 7 February photo.

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By News Wires

 13 February 2012 02:04 GMT

Venezuela will put 1500 people to work clearing up an oil spill at a river in the east of the country that has forced the authorities to close a water purification plant, the environment minister said on Sunday.

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