A blackout has left Caracas and 15 provinces of Venezuela in the dark

Large areas of Caracas and at least 15 of the 23 states The federation of Venezuela remained on Monday without power supply for unreported causes.

The blackout affected the states of Anzoátegui, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Falcón, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Táchira, Vargas and Zulia, according to the newspaper Caracas. The National.

The first symptoms of the blackout were recorded in the morning in the neighborhoods of Caracas and in at least five states, reported the National Communication Center of the transitional government appointed by Parliament on Twitter.

The underground transport service of Caracas it did not work early and the fault is widespread in the afternoon from 16:40 (17:40 in Argentina).

In March and April of last year, Venezuela experienced a series of power outages that left most of the country without electricity for several days. The Chavan government badigns them to sabotage of which he never gave details, while experts in antichavism and energy argued that they were due to the lack of maintenance of infrastructure and technical staff in the state monopoly on electricity, Corpoelec.

Since then, a system of reductions programmed throughout most of the country governs and the duration of work has been reduced, despite the fact that the blackouts have not disappeared, although until Monday they were less frequent and prolonged.

Although the state-owned company Corpoelec, which controls the service throughout the country, did not explain the reasons for the breakdown, the executive left more than two and a half hours later to report attack on the country's main hydropower plant, located in the southern state of Bolívar, bordering Brazil.

Minister of Communication, Jorge Rodríguez, reported the activation of the typical "protection and security" protocols of a reconnection process "restore the power supply service as soon as possible."

In addition, he reported emergency plans for the supply of drinking water, which is interrupted whenever an electricity failure occurs; for the provision of a public transportation service; maintain operations in hospitals and strengthen street safety with greater vigilance.