Venezuela Collapse 2016

[Ankit Kumar]

Oo, so it means Greece part 2?

 

[mpk1988]

Another country destroyed by socialist nutjobs.. and then these retards that are miserable failures and have little education have the audacity to blabber on endlessly about the virtues of a dreamland

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Well when we consider that Greece has been in debt and missing debt payment for good 10 years now , it is a beacon of democracy

Venazuela is only facing financial crisis due to oil price fluctuation, which is artificially low due to excessive production rates

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricity Crisis - Bloomberg Business

Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricity Crisis

• President Maduro extends Easter holiday from two to five days
• Drought has cut power generation at hydroelectric dams

Venezuela is shutting down for a week as the government struggles with a deepening electricity crisis.

President Nicolas Maduro gave everyone an extra three days off work next week, extending the two-day Easter holiday, according to a statement in the Official Gazette published late Tuesday. Maduro had originally said over the weekend that the extended holiday would only apply to state employees.

The government has rationed electricity and water supplies across the country for months and urged citizens to avoid waste as Venezuela endures a prolonged drought that has slashed output at hydroelectric dams. The ruling socialists have blamed the shortage on the El Nino weather phenomena and “sabotage” by their political foes, while critics cite a lack of maintenance and poor planning.

“We’re hoping, God willing, rains will come,” Maduro said in a national address Saturday. “Look, the saving is more than 40 percent when these measures are taken. We’re reaching a difficult place that we’re trying to manage.”

Calling an extended holiday isn’t a new innovation in Venezuela’s fight against power outages. In 2010, then President Hugo Chavez issued a similar decree adding three days to the Easter Week holiday.

Venezuela has long suffered rolling blackouts that cripple public services and leave citizens in the dark for days at a time. The extended break seeks to further ease demand on Venezuela’s strained power grid and follows a forced reduction of hours at shopping malls and public institutions.

During the Holy Week, Venezuelans traditionally abandon the cities, opting for a holiday on the shores of the Caribbean or in the Andean countryside. According to the decree, essential services would continue as normal and banks and tax collection agencies could adjust their hours accordingly.

Last week, the energy minister warned that water levels at the Guri Dam, one of the country’s principal sources of power, had reached critical levels. On Wednesday, however, he insisted Venezuela’s grid was not on the verge of collapse, but implored the private sector to heed the president’s call.

“They can indirectly abide by the decree, it’s a matter of cooperating,” Electricity Minister Luis Motta Dominguez said in a interview broadcast on the Venevision network.

 

[Desertfalcon]

You must be a espacially incapable goverment to posess oil but still be able to screw your economy like this.

No, just Marxism at it's best. Old joke...

Q: "What happens when Marxist take over the Sahara Desert?" A: "Nothing for 30 years and then there is a shortage of sand."

Well if things get worse the Venezuelan folks can migrate 90% of population to USA

I hope so! Our best, most patriotic, and hardest working people, have always come from those fleeing oppression!

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Widespread Blackouts Loom As Venezuela's Dams Run out of Water

Low Water Levels Threaten Entire National Power Grid

The water level at one of the world’s largest artificial lakes has dropped rapidly, leaving Venezuela at the brink of an energy crisis (Analitica).

EspañolAlthough the Venezuelan government blamed the decrease in size of the Guri dam — the fourth largest artificial lake in the world — on El Niño, engineers said recently that the crisis was actually caused by mismanagement of resources, thermal system malfunction and drought.

The Simon Bolivar Hydroelectric Plant, second in the world for electricity production, recently saw its water levels decrease to just 3.56 meters above total collapse.

“The waters in Guri have not reached the floodgates,” said Luis Motta Domínguez, head of Venezuela’s Electricity Ministry, during a press conference on Monday. “We are working to manage the vital fluid.”

But some energy specialists said they believe the country was at the brink of a national blackout. In addition, they said Venezuela has failed to make the necessary investments in thermal-generation plant systems for more than 15 years.

The thermoelectric power system is at 247 meters above sea level, said member of the National Electricity Commission Joel Carrillo. Turbines shut down at 244 meters, which would result in increased electricity rations for more of the population.

At an average decline of 15 centimeters per day, this shutdown should occur sometime between 21 and 25 days, unless it rains, Carillo said.

José Aguilar, Professor of Engineering at the University of Los Andes, told the Venezuelan newspaper Correo del Caroní that current levels are only 18 percent of the reservoir’s expected capacity, creating a vulnerability that is bringing the country close to the brink of needing to do heavy rations.

Aguilar explained that the reservoir’s rapid decline threatens the “already battered quality of life of Venezuelans.”

Miguel Lara, former director of the Interconnected Systems Planning Office, warned that “the worst is yet to come,” adding that the government will have to disconnect electrical loads in larger volumes, and also deepen power rationing in the country.


On Saturday, President Nicolas Maduro announced the country’s public administration will not work during Holy Week as a measure to ration the electricity supply. The national government also reduced working hours in the public sector for the same purpose.

 

[Desertfalcon]

It was the same with Venezuelan Marxists closest ally Castro's Cuba...

Havana before and after communism...

Same street, same shot, different eras.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Venezuela makes every Friday a holiday to save electricity

 

[Sky lord]

So much Socialism bashing on this thread and no Socialist in sight to defend!!

 

[C130]

http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/22/news/economy/venezuela-blackouts-40-days/

40 days of 4 hour rolling black outs.

I'd bet this isnn't enough to stop the Guri Dam from reaching 240 meters shut off zone for 5.6GW of turbine power

today it's probably at 1.5 meters from that point going by this tweet

https://twitter.com/x/status/724116514509590528

every day the Guri has been losing 15 centimeters (5.9 inches) so do the math 8 more days before it reaches 240m, but the 4 hour rolling black out might cut that down to 10 or less centimeters. I would bet Guri is going to hit the critical level by May 8th.


and on top of this they might of compromised the dam by excavating near the dam wall to get more water to the pumps.

 

[Yeezy]

Add Russia and Brazil to the list: both of these countries are in deep recession.

It's funny how it's always the US that's predicted to collapse. Not only does this never happen, it's America's enemies that collapse. How ironic.

In the '80s the Soviet union was invincible and would herald the collapse of the US. It was the Soviet Union that ended up collapsing.

In the '90s Japan's economy was unstoppable and would overtake the US. It was the US's economy that ended up flourishing while Japan entered into a 20 year period of economic stagnation.

In the 2000s America was going to run out of oil and this would end its petrodollar hegemony - the BRICS were formed and Iran/Venezuela/others threatened US' interests. Besides China, the BRICS have failed to live up to expectations. Brazil and Russia are in recession. South Africa is no longer even the biggest economy of Africa. India has for most only experienced moderate growth and doesn't look like being a threat for decades if ever.

Oh and now Venezuela is you guessed it on the verge of total collapse, not America, Venezuela. Who could have guessed it

You casually forgot to add the 2008 financial collapse in the United States, the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. Millions of Americans lost their homes and jobs, heck the effects of the recession are still being felt today.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

http://800noticias.com/preocupa-escaso-nivel-de-agua-en-principal-hidroelectrica-de-venezuela

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http://800noticias.com/preocupa-escaso-nivel-de-agua-en-principal-hidroelectrica-de-venezuela&edit-text=&act=url

May 8th
The water level "is very critical" in the Guri dam, main hydroelectric Venezuela, due to a drought exacerbated by the El Nino weather phenomenon already forced to declare rationing of electricity and water, said Sunday the Minister of Electric Power Luis Motta Dominguez, the social network Twitter.


"Today, under instructions from the commander President Nicolas Maduro took an aerial tour of the dam and the situation is very critical , " he wrote in his account @lmottad.

Minister published a series of photos of the reservoir and compared with other captured a month ago and all easily seen the drastic drop in the level.

Motta does not report the exact level of the Guri dam since late April reported that was in the 242.07 meters above sea level, just two meters above the minimum operating height required for the operation of the turbines .

Between late April and early May it rained heavily in the area and raised the level of hydropower accounts for 70% of domestic consumption of light, prompting the minister to underline last Thursday that the forecasts were "good despite it does not rain three days ago. "

The latest measure against the crisis, and in force since May 1, was the advance in 30 minutes of national time, so that the difference from the international GMT was reduced from four hours to four.

To try to reduce electricity and water consumption and face the crisis, the government previously ordered rationing, of which it excluded Caracas, reduced to two weekly days of working hours in the public sector and that schools only taught classes Monday to thursday.

Shopping centers also operate in restricted hours and generate own equipment of the electricity they use, among other provisions.

 

[1R0N_M4N_XL]

they will blame us americas for their problems.

 

[C130]

https://panampost.com/sabrina-martin/2016/05/11/venezuela-looting-wounded-5000-supermarket/

It must be maddening for Venezuelan to see how plentiful and cheap petrol is (like 5 cents a gallon)...but they can't find food/medicine and even if they do it costs so much.


I seriously now believe in the resource curse dutch disease and being a socialist/communist just compounds this phenomenon.

 

[gambit]

Sad state of affairs...

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/05/venezuela-is-falling-apart/481755/