After the breakdown, Maduro promised a profound transformation of the electrical system | Chronic

The President of Venezuela, Nicolás MaduroHe promised to start "a great process of transformation" of the country's electrical system, after the gigantic power outage that he attributed to a "cyber sabotage" and this has caused losses of more than $ 1,000 million, according to a private consulting firm.

"I am engaging with you to launch a great process of institutional, technological and human transformation"Maduro told the workers of the state's electricity company, Corpoelec, when he visited yesterday one of the Bolivar State's hydropower plants in Amazonas.

"This company must transform it completely and consolidate it into a new enterprise"Chavez added, according to the national TV channel VTV on its website.

Venezuela this month had the largest and longest power outage in its history in electricity, affecting most of the states of Caracas and 22 of the 23 states in the province.

The Maduro administration attributed the power outage to a "cyber sabotage" anti-Hex and experts have argued that this was due to the lack of maintenance of the system
infrastructure and specialized technical staff in Corpoelec.

The court opened its doors in the afternoon of Thursday 7 and the Chávez government abandoned it on Wednesday 13, even as the Minister of Communication and Information l & # 39; had admitted to the time. Jorge Rodríguezit still persisted in different parts of the country.

Ecobadítica advised Twitter that it estimated the losses from the blackout at $ 1.098 million last Friday and said the amount was 1.3% of gross domestic product full month of imports.

The incident caused the deaths of dozens of people – most hospitalized patients – as well as shortages of drinking water and fuel, as well as the breakdown of tons of food and drugs against the cold to keep them.

It also triggered a recovery in inflation, which fell from 191.6 percent in January to 53.7 percent in February, according to deputy and economist José Guerra, spokesman for the commission's finance committee. 39th National Assembly (NA) Thursday. parliament).

In addition, in the context of the power outage, many lootings of warehouses, bakeries, supermarkets, supermarkets and shopping centers were looted throughout the country.

According to the Federation of Venezuelan Trade and Production Chambers and Associations (Fedecámaras), more than 300 stores have been ransacked, a third of which will not be able to resume their activities in the short term.

Due to the looting and numerous demonstrations of citizens that took place at that time, several hundred people were arrested, according to several non-governmental organizations.