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Eugene

(61,964 posts) Mon Dec 2, 2013, 10:49 PM Dec 2013

Huge power cut blacks out much of Venezuela

Source: BBC

3 December 2013 Last updated at 02:35 GMT

Huge power cut blacks out much of Venezuela

A massive power cut plunged the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, and other cities into darkness on Monday night.

State TV confirmed the blackout, but did not offer any explanation.

President Nicolas Maduro tweeted that the cut had been triggered in the same place as a major outage in September, and suggested that "sabotage" was responsible.

Power cuts are common in Venezuela, especially in the inland states, but rarely affect the capital.

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Huge power cut blacks out much of Venezuela (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2013 OP

Maduro claiming it was a sabotage from the opposition in 3... 2... Marksman_91 Dec 2013 #1

Must be excessive demand from looted appliances Socialistlemur Dec 2013 #2

Ven corrupt government can't keep the lights on Bacchus4.0 Dec 2013 #3

Marksman_91

(2,035 posts)

1. Maduro claiming it was a sabotage from the opposition in 3... 2...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 11:38 PM

Dec 2013

Oh wait, he already did. Man, that was fast. No formal investigation has been undertaken yet, even after the entire Guri complex was militarized after the last blackout, making much more unlikely for there to be another one. Kinda irresponsible to jump to conclusions so quickly, huh? Not an attitude you'd expect from a president of an entire country.

http://www.noticias24.com/venezuela/noticia/211128/maduro-pone-en-emergencia-a-la-fanb-y-a-pdvsa-vendran-nuevos-ataques/

Socialistlemur

(770 posts)

2. Must be excessive demand from looted appliances

Reply to Marksman_91 (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 10:55 AM

Dec 2013

The government just emptied appliance stores. Some are being stored by the happy owners. Some are being sold in Colombia. And the majority is being plugged into a network that's already stressed by high demand and low capacity.

Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts)

3. Ven corrupt government can't keep the lights on

Reply to Marksman_91 (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 05:22 PM

Dec 2013

We were led to believe over quite a few years that the Venezuela model represented the future in Latin America. No other country is following Venezuela's model of corruption and incompetence.

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