Venezuela blackout: 'Like living in the apocalypse'

[KhalaiMakhlooq]

Venezuela blackout: 'Like living in the apocalypse'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-47545055/venezuelan-crisis-running-out-of-food-power-and-cash-in-blackout

Venezuela's blackout has lasted several days and with poverty levels already high and 40C heat, how is the country coping?

Venezuelans collect mountain run-off as water shortages persist

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world...t-mountain-run-off-as-water-shortages-persist

Water shortages caused by a six-day power cut in Venezuelan cities hit the headlines earlier this month, but for many in the country, dry taps are nothing new.

The electrical outage affected pumps that deliver water to homes around the capital, Caracas. Some homes had no water for days.

Families gathered up plastic bottles to fill them with hosepipes at public parks, and visited a mountain on the outskirts of the city to collect water.

Caracas resident Margarita told the BBC's Will Grant that the recent shortages are part of a wider problem.

Venezuela crisis: No running water, no power, no medicine

 

[KhalaiMakhlooq]

Venezuelans growing desperate as crisis hits fishing industry

US eyes tougher sanctions on Venezuela

Guaido representatives take control of Venezuelan consulate in DC

Published on Mar 21, 2019

Carlos Vecchio, Juan Guaido's envoy to the United States, said the opposition had gained control of two buildings belonging to Venezuela’s defense ministry in Washington and one consular building in New York. He added that the group expected to take control of Venezuela’s embassy in Washington 'in the days to come.' Guaido, president of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, invoked the constitution to assume an interim presidency in January, arguing that Maduro’s May 2018 re-election was illegitimate. He has been recognized as Venezuela’s rightful leader by most Western countries, including the United States.

 

[Clutch]

The fruits of socialism....

 

[nahtanbob]

is it an irony an energy rich country is in darkness ?

 

[KhalaiMakhlooq]

Venezuela power outage caused by US Cyber Attack

https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/venezuela-power-outage-caused-by-us-cyber-attack/

The populace in Venezuela is reigning under a power blackout which is suspected to have been caused by hackers backed by US Intelligence. Well, President Nicholas Maduro said so and added in his statement that his government has enough evidence to prove his claims.

However, a statement issued by the US official a few hours ago, says that last Thursday’s blackout was not caused by any foreign interference, but occurred due to local corruption and mismanagement of the power corporation officials.

Going further into details, from Thursday last week, a glitch at the Guri Hydroelectric power station is said to have left the country reign under a power outage. Though the power was restored within 24 hours in some parts of the country, many of the regions were still in dark until Saturday.

Furthermore, few of the systems at the Sidor power plant were again knocked down at the grid on Saturday afternoon impacting the entire populace. FYI, Sidor power station has been sustaining the country’s power supply until the Guri system was being repaired, which is supposed to supply 80% of the country’s power.

“Till early Saturday, most of the systems i.e. around 70% of them were restored when we received info of another cyber incident at mid-day that disrupted the re-linking process impacting everything that had been restored before that hour. The news is out that infiltrators targeted the back-up systems in the second attack which led to major consequences in the electric company. It is a kind of electric war waged by the United States”, said President Nicolas Maduro.

While Jorge Rodriguez blamed the outage a well-orchestrated incident of US Intelligence.

 

[Knight Rider]

Some claiming EMP attack ?

 

[KhalaiMakhlooq]

New round of power cuts hits major cities in Venezuela

30 March 2019 | https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/power-cuts-hits-major-cities-venezuela-190330052444040.html

Venezuela's major cities, including capital Caracas, suffer blackouts days after last round of electricity cuts.

The Venezuelan government has blamed the outage on an 'attack' targeting the Guri hydroelectric plant [Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images]

Caracas and other major Venezuelan cities were hit by yet another electricity blackout on Friday evening, as they were barely recovering from the previous outages that paralysed the country for days.

The latest blackout began around 7.10pm (23:10 GMT), leaving the capital city as well as Maracaibo, Valencia, Maracay and San Cristobal without electricity, according to users on social media networks.

Venezuela suffered its worst blackouts earlier this month and then another round of power outages paralysed commerce this past week.

The blackouts have worsened Venezuelans' suffering, cutting off water supplies and leaving hospitals and airports in the dark.

President Nicolas Maduro's government blamed the outage on an "attack" targeting the Guri hydroelectric plant. Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said earlier this week the blackout was a result of "an attack on the charging and transmission centre" at the Guri dam, which supplies 80 percent of the power to the country of 30 million.

"What (last time) took days, now has been taken care of in just a few hours," Rodriguez said, saying the fix had been made in "record time".

Both the opposition and the government plan demonstrations on Saturday as they try to project resolve in a debilitating standoff in what was once one of Latin America's wealthiest countries.

More than three million Venezuelans have left the country in recent years, escaping dire economic conditions that left many without adequate food or medicine.

Aid shipments

The Red Cross said on Friday it has reached an agreement to send aid shipments to the South American country to help alleviate shortages.

Following talks in the capital Caracas, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) head Francesco Rocca said the organisation will have "unhindered access to bring humanitarian aid into Venezuela".

"In a country torn apart by a power struggle, humanity has prevailed," Rocca said.

"We will help bring the goods into the country, but our rules - like the rejection of military intervention - must be respected," he added.

The first supplies would include medical equipment, surgical kits and power generators. The aid delivery, which could begin in two weeks, will help some 65,000 people, according to Roca.

Some claiming EMP attack ?

not emp, but cyber attack

 

[Knight Rider]

New round of power cuts hits major cities in Venezuela

30 March 2019 | https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/power-cuts-hits-major-cities-venezuela-190330052444040.html

Venezuela's major cities, including capital Caracas, suffer blackouts days after last round of electricity cuts.

The Venezuelan government has blamed the outage on an 'attack' targeting the Guri hydroelectric plant [Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images]

Caracas and other major Venezuelan cities were hit by yet another electricity blackout on Friday evening, as they were barely recovering from the previous outages that paralysed the country for days.

The latest blackout began around 7.10pm (23:10 GMT), leaving the capital city as well as Maracaibo, Valencia, Maracay and San Cristobal without electricity, according to users on social media networks.

Venezuela suffered its worst blackouts earlier this month and then another round of power outages paralysed commerce this past week.

The blackouts have worsened Venezuelans' suffering, cutting off water supplies and leaving hospitals and airports in the dark.

President Nicolas Maduro's government blamed the outage on an "attack" targeting the Guri hydroelectric plant. Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said earlier this week the blackout was a result of "an attack on the charging and transmission centre" at the Guri dam, which supplies 80 percent of the power to the country of 30 million.

"What (last time) took days, now has been taken care of in just a few hours," Rodriguez said, saying the fix had been made in "record time".

Both the opposition and the government plan demonstrations on Saturday as they try to project resolve in a debilitating standoff in what was once one of Latin America's wealthiest countries.

More than three million Venezuelans have left the country in recent years, escaping dire economic conditions that left many without adequate food or medicine.

Aid shipments

The Red Cross said on Friday it has reached an agreement to send aid shipments to the South American country to help alleviate shortages.

Following talks in the capital Caracas, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) head Francesco Rocca said the organisation will have "unhindered access to bring humanitarian aid into Venezuela".

"In a country torn apart by a power struggle, humanity has prevailed," Rocca said.

"We will help bring the goods into the country, but our rules - like the rejection of military intervention - must be respected," he added.

The first supplies would include medical equipment, surgical kits and power generators. The aid delivery, which could begin in two weeks, will help some 65,000 people, according to Roca.



not emp, but cyber attack

America is hungry for oil again after Syrian occupation. President Nicolas should arrest the damn opposition and kill that American Agent Juan Guaido who declared himself as interim president without even getting votes.

Barrack Obama 2.0

 

[nahtanbob]

America is hungry for oil again after Syrian occupation. President Nicolas should arrest the damn opposition and kill that American Agent Juan Guaido who declared himself as interim president without even getting votes.

Barrack Obama 2.0

USA is self-sufficient in oil thanks to shale.
it looks like you did not get the memo

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

New round of power cuts hits major cities in Venezuela

30 March 2019 | https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/power-cuts-hits-major-cities-venezuela-190330052444040.html

Venezuela's major cities, including capital Caracas, suffer blackouts days after last round of electricity cuts.

The Venezuelan government has blamed the outage on an 'attack' targeting the Guri hydroelectric plant [Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images]

Caracas and other major Venezuelan cities were hit by yet another electricity blackout on Friday evening, as they were barely recovering from the previous outages that paralysed the country for days.

The latest blackout began around 7.10pm (23:10 GMT), leaving the capital city as well as Maracaibo, Valencia, Maracay and San Cristobal without electricity, according to users on social media networks.

Venezuela suffered its worst blackouts earlier this month and then another round of power outages paralysed commerce this past week.

The blackouts have worsened Venezuelans' suffering, cutting off water supplies and leaving hospitals and airports in the dark.

President Nicolas Maduro's government blamed the outage on an "attack" targeting the Guri hydroelectric plant. Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said earlier this week the blackout was a result of "an attack on the charging and transmission centre" at the Guri dam, which supplies 80 percent of the power to the country of 30 million.

"What (last time) took days, now has been taken care of in just a few hours," Rodriguez said, saying the fix had been made in "record time".

Both the opposition and the government plan demonstrations on Saturday as they try to project resolve in a debilitating standoff in what was once one of Latin America's wealthiest countries.

More than three million Venezuelans have left the country in recent years, escaping dire economic conditions that left many without adequate food or medicine.

Aid shipments

The Red Cross said on Friday it has reached an agreement to send aid shipments to the South American country to help alleviate shortages.

Following talks in the capital Caracas, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) head Francesco Rocca said the organisation will have "unhindered access to bring humanitarian aid into Venezuela".

"In a country torn apart by a power struggle, humanity has prevailed," Rocca said.

"We will help bring the goods into the country, but our rules - like the rejection of military intervention - must be respected," he added.

The first supplies would include medical equipment, surgical kits and power generators. The aid delivery, which could begin in two weeks, will help some 65,000 people, according to Roca.



not emp, but cyber attack

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/11/world/americas/venzuela-blackout-maduro.html

"Energy experts, Venezuelan power sector contractors and current and former Corpoelec employees have dismissed accusations of sabotage, saying the blackout was the result of years of underinvestment, corruption and brain drain."


People have been fleeing Venezuela for over a year now. Those people include the one's who know how the powerplants work.


https://www.ft.com/content/7f2831f2-35b4-11e9-bb0c-42459962a812
Venezuela’s top talent seeks sanctuary in Spain

"...“There’s been a huge outflow of Venezuela’s best talent and it’s not coming back. It’s a huge loss for Venezuela,”

 

[Wow]

to have the largest oil reserves in the world and be in this economic condition is an accomplishment rivaled only by the moon landings

thanks socialism

 

[nahtanbob]

to have the largest oil reserves in the world and be in this economic condition is an accomplishment rivaled only by the moon landings

thanks socialism

it is not even socialism. it is thorough incompetence

 

[zectech]

Some claiming EMP attack ?

That would not make it to Western media, they are all owned by the same entity.

 

[KhalaiMakhlooq]

The Latest: Maduro announces 30-day rationing plan for power

1 April 2019 | https://www.foxnews.com/world/the-latest-maduro-announces-30-day-rationing-plan-for-power

A government supporter holds up a framed image of President Nicolas Maduro during an anti-imperialist rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, March 30, 2019. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido took his campaign for change to one of the country's most populous states on Saturday, while supporters of the man he is trying to oust, President Nicolas Maduro, held a rival demonstration in the capital after another nationwide blackout. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

CARACAS, Venezuela – The Latest on Venezuela's crisis (all times local):

9:35 p.m.


Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced a 30-day plan to ration electricity as nationwide power cuts continue to inflict misery on millions of people.

Maduro said Sunday on national television that the plan will help deal with the outages that have also cut off water supply and communications for days at a time.

Maduro is also warning against any unrest in reaction to the blackouts, although there were already scattered protests earlier Sunday following a call by opposition leader Juan Guaido to demonstrate against the government's failure to provide basic services.

Guaido says years of government neglect and corruption has left the electrical grid in shambles after years of mismanagement. Maduro alleges U.S.-led sabotage is the cause of the power cuts, although he has not provided clear evidence.

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8:30 p.m.

Another day, another blackout.

Power went out across Venezuela on Sunday, just as it did on Saturday, and the day before that.

But while some electricity had returned by Sunday afternoon, jittery Venezuelans weren't so much celebrating the lights coming on as wondering when the next outages would flick them off.

"No one can put up with this. We spend almost all day without electricity," said Karina Camacho, a 56-year-old housewife who was about to buy a chicken when electronic payment machines stopped working. "There's been no water since (last) Monday, you can't call by phone, we can't pay with cards or even eat."

As the latest blackout unfolded, many took to balconies and building windows to bang pots in protest and shout curses at President Nicolas Maduro, who they consider responsible for the power failures.

Others responded to a call by opposition leader Juan Guaido to demonstrate against the government, blocking roads and burning rubbish until "colectivos," or frequently armed government supporters, appeared to arrive on motorbikes. Some of the protests occurred near the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, in a direct challenge to Maduro.

The ongoing blackouts now mark another point of tension in a country paralyzed by political and economic turmoil, compounding a humanitarian crisis and deepening a prolonged standoff between two political parties vying for power.