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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Venezuela enforces blackout amid power shortage |
| 2016-04-22 |
| [Iran Press TV] Venezuela is to enforce power cuts in 10 of its 23 states amid economic doldrums that have brought about rampant power crisis across the country. "Each user will have a temporary suspension of four hours a day. The plan will last approximately 40 days," Electricity Minister Luis Motta said on Thursday. Caracas has been resorting to ad hoc measures to tame its deep recession, triple-digit inflation, and dire shortages of medicines and basic commodities, such as toilet paper and cooking oil. Last week, the government said it was shifting the country’s time zone forward by 30 minutes to save power. The administration blames the power crisis on El Nino heatwaves, which lead to drought thus parching the country’s rivers and choking the output at its hydroelectric dams. Falling oil prices have also taken their toll on the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "Enforcing a blackout" = "Found the off switch" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-04-22 13:38 |