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Venezuela: huge power outage leaves much of country in the dark
Source: The Guardian
Venezuela: huge power outage leaves much of country in the dark
At least 18 of 23 states reportedly affected by blackout authorities blamed on anti-government saboteurs
Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent
Fri 8 Mar 2019 00.23 GMT
Venezuela has been hit by a vast power cut, with at least 18 of its 23 states reportedly affected by a blackout authorities blamed on anti-government saboteurs.
Commuters in the country’s crumbling capital, Caracas, were forced to walk home from work after the metro service was paralyzed by the outage, while the international airport was reportedly plunged into darkness.
Millions of citizens from the western state of Zulia to Amazonas in the far south were also reported to have been affected.
The Venezuelan news website El Pitazo reported that the outage appeared to be the result of a failure at the Simón Bolívar hydroelectric plant in the southern state of Bolívar.
Members of Nicolás Maduro’s crisis-stricken government claimed opposition wreckers had targeted the plant, which is also known as Guri.
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At least 18 of 23 states reportedly affected by blackout authorities blamed on anti-government saboteurs
Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent
Fri 8 Mar 2019 00.23 GMT
Venezuela has been hit by a vast power cut, with at least 18 of its 23 states reportedly affected by a blackout authorities blamed on anti-government saboteurs.
Commuters in the country’s crumbling capital, Caracas, were forced to walk home from work after the metro service was paralyzed by the outage, while the international airport was reportedly plunged into darkness.
Millions of citizens from the western state of Zulia to Amazonas in the far south were also reported to have been affected.
The Venezuelan news website El Pitazo reported that the outage appeared to be the result of a failure at the Simón Bolívar hydroelectric plant in the southern state of Bolívar.
Members of Nicolás Maduro’s crisis-stricken government claimed opposition wreckers had targeted the plant, which is also known as Guri.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/07/venezuela-hit-by-major-power-outage
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Electric War" denounces Motta Domínguez: Sabotage to the Guri plant would be the cause of the blackout in 18 states of Venezuela
By: Aporrea | Thursday, 03/07/2019 07:14 PM
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https://www.aporrea.org/energia/n339188.html
These guys haven't an original thought in their head anymore.
By: Aporrea | Thursday, 03/07/2019 07:14 PM
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7/3 / 2019.- For several hours this Thursday, 18 Venezuelan states have been without electric service, affecting transportation and communications throughout the country.
The uncertainty was added to the service cut due to the lack of information on the part of the State authorities. It was not until more than an hour after the blackout, that the Minister of Electric Power announced that the reason for the cutback is again sabotage, in this case affecting the Guri hydroelectric plant.
"We have been subjected again to the electric war, this time they attacked us in the generation and transmission in the state of Bolívar, specifically in El Guri, in the backbone of electricity," said Luis Motta Domínguez, Minister of Electric Energy.
"They sabotaged the generation in Guri ... This is part of the electric war against the State, we will not allow it! We are working to recover the service," the company added via Twitter.
Since 2013, Venezuela's power plants remain militarized, on the orders of President Nicolás Maduro.
The government expects to restore the service within three hours.
Venezuela for several years has been suffering from power cuts, especially in the interior of the country, which have been attributed by the government to drought or excess rainfall, El Niño, cable cuts, fires, wild animal incursions as killings and iguanas or deliberate acts of sabotage. Experts in the field of electricity generation and some CORPOELEC workers attribute them to the lack of maintenance and spare parts.
The uncertainty was added to the service cut due to the lack of information on the part of the State authorities. It was not until more than an hour after the blackout, that the Minister of Electric Power announced that the reason for the cutback is again sabotage, in this case affecting the Guri hydroelectric plant.
"We have been subjected again to the electric war, this time they attacked us in the generation and transmission in the state of Bolívar, specifically in El Guri, in the backbone of electricity," said Luis Motta Domínguez, Minister of Electric Energy.
"They sabotaged the generation in Guri ... This is part of the electric war against the State, we will not allow it! We are working to recover the service," the company added via Twitter.
Since 2013, Venezuela's power plants remain militarized, on the orders of President Nicolás Maduro.
The government expects to restore the service within three hours.
Venezuela for several years has been suffering from power cuts, especially in the interior of the country, which have been attributed by the government to drought or excess rainfall, El Niño, cable cuts, fires, wild animal incursions as killings and iguanas or deliberate acts of sabotage. Experts in the field of electricity generation and some CORPOELEC workers attribute them to the lack of maintenance and spare parts.
https://www.aporrea.org/energia/n339188.html
These guys haven't an original thought in their head anymore.
