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Venezuela is going to crush cars and bikes to build houses

July 30, 2016Agence France-Presse

‘We have sent 10,485 automobiles, 9,651 motorbikes and 539 bicycles to the national steel industry,’ deputy justice minister Maria Martinez said.

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