The power outage extends to Venezuela and the regime had to order a holiday – 26/03/2019

The big cities of Venezuelaamong them, Caracas, are again paralyzed by another gigantic power outage that began Monday afternoon and that has led the government to suspend clbades and declare a national holiday to alleviate the mood of the population .

This new debacle comes a little over a week after the worst power outage in the country 's history, which lasted nearly a week and that resulted in the death of a dozen or so patients in hospitals, looting and loss of millionaires. This week, the oil country has remained in the dark as a result of a further collapse of its electrical system, leaving desolate streets and shops closed.

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"It's a real misfortune, a humanitarian crisis, you work with your nails," lamented Noah de Souza, owner of a bakery, among the few companies that were open in Caracas to liquidate two by one the latest products that he remained.

The power outage began Monday at 1:22 pm and collapsed water supply networks, telephone networks, the Internet and electronic banking, the latter being essential because of the lack of liquidity generated by the network. voracious hyperinflation and devaluation.

The government "has decided to suspend work and educational activities throughout the country for 24 hours," announced yesterday the Minister of Communication, Jorge Rodríguez. In addition to the Capital District, the reduction touches 21 of the 23 US states, according to user reports on social networks. The government of Nicolás Maduro does not usually report the impact of this type of emergency.

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The mbadive power outage, like the previous one, is hurting hospitals, already punished by lack of supplies and drugs. "If the light does not come back, we have the problem of not being dialyzed.If we are not dialysed, we risk losing our lives.Since Saturday, they did not dialyzed us," said Nelson Rosales, 80 , in a hospital in Caracas where scenes of drama were lived.

Maduro and his communications minister, Jorge Rodríguez, have again blamed the United States for causing "sabotage". They had done the same during the previous episode, where the president had declared that it was a "cyberattack" against the equipment of the main Guri hydroelectric power plant, in the ## 147 ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 39, State of Bolívar.

The secretary of the Federation of Electrical Industry Workers, Ali Briceño, however, learned that the power outage was due to the fall of three high voltage transmission lines of the Guri hydroelectric power plant. "The weeds had developed so that there was a fire of vegetation that had caused the release of the three lines of 765 kilovolts, two because of the heating and the other because of it. An overload, "he explained.

Briceño also reported another problem: # The national electricity company Corpoelec lacks qualified technicians to "calibrate the frequency" of the machines in order to turn them back on, most of them having left the country.

Yesterday, Maduro again blamed Washington for this new power outage, but now admits there is a fire. "Criminal hands have caused a major fire in Guri's transmission yard, affecting the three transformers that make it up and all the wiring needed for transmission," he said.

The technicians say that, in fact, for a long time, the hydroelectric plant and the processors were no longer maintained because of the lack of public funds that have damaged the entire system.

After the blackout March 7-14, Maduro announced a restructuring of its firm and a "profound transformation" of companies in the sector, in addition to protecting the infrastructure with the armed forces. More than a week later, the failure is again produced.

"How do you intend to repeat the excuses of the" electric war "and sabotage? They are liars and corrupt," denounced the leader of the opposition, Juan Guaidó. "There is no credible explanation, it is no longer a cyber attack or an electromagnetic pulse, it is now a sabotage, when they have militarized each of the electrical installations," he added.

Caracas was devastated yesterday because of the huge power cut, like other cities. Looting and robberies are feared to reoccur in supermarkets and other businesses, forcing the government to deploy police forces