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Caracas – The electrical system suffered on Tuesday a fault that left the Venezuelan capital and several states of Miranda and Vargas without service for several hours.
A rift at a station in the city of Santa Teresa, Miranda, affected 80% of Caracas, said the Minister of Electrical Energy, Luis Motta Domínguez, on his Twitter account.
Motta Domínguez said that according to information provided by the Bolivian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) – the political police – the initial failure in Caracas was caused by the "shutdown control cables voltage transformers ", which caused the triggering of the protections and got stuck. The minister posted on his Twitter account some pictures of cut cables, and said that they are already restocking the cables.
A few hours later in a televised government act, President Nicolás Maduro said that the authorities are on the trail of alleged saboteurs of the Caracas electrical system and hope to capture in the coming hours the "equipment responsible" for the breakdown. .
"Do not be surprised by political and intellectual leaders" behind the blackout, the president added, without offering any proof. Maduro often blames the opposition for the growing problems of electricity supply in the country, which he says are part of an alleged plot to destabilize his government.
Previously, the Minister of Communication, Jorge Rodríguez, said in a state television transmission that the blackout was the consequence of an "badignment" in the El Peñón area of Guatopo National Park , in Miranda.
After a cabinet meeting held at the government palace, Rodriguez said the failure caused "the fall of an important line" that affected the electricity supply to Caracas and Vargas.
The minister explained that the fault had been identified but that due to the rains and difficulties of access to the area, the repair was complicated.
Around noon, Motta Domínguez reports that 90% of the service was recovered in Caracas. Some local media reported that after one o'clock in the afternoon, there was a second power outage in several areas of the city.
Two of the city's three metro lines were paralyzed because of the power outage, forcing hundreds of people to walk several kilometers to their offices and homes. The suspension of traffic lights and the agglomeration of people on the tracks have generated heavy congestion of vehicles in some parts of the city.
The paralysis also extended to many businesses and banking agencies that had to temporarily suspend their operations, according to the AP.
In some areas of Miranda and Vargas, where the country's largest international airport operates, the suspension of electricity service has also been reported.
The authorities of Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetía, in Vargas, reported on Twitter that the power failure "did not affect air operations" and that a factory was operating. Emergency had been activated to continue activities.
The failure was recorded less than a day after, in the middle of a ruling party convention, which took place in a hotel in the capital, a brief breakdown It was produced when party members proclaimed Maduro at the head of the pro-government organization. Maduro attributed the incident to an act of "sabotage".
In February, another similar blackout occurred that left Caracas and the states of Miranda and Vargas without power.
For several years, Venezuela has recorded faults in the electricity service that the government usually attributes to sabotage actions but that badysts argue that they respond to shortcomings in the electricity industry. maintenance of facilities, decreased investment and mismanagement.
Venezuela is plunged into a severe economic crisis dominated by hyperinflation, the shortage of commodities such as food and medicine and a sharp recession.
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