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| The national chaos continues due to massive blackout |
| 2019-03-10 |
| [ELUNIVERSAL] Much of the national territory is paralyzed by a massive blackout that President Nicolás Maduro attributed to an "electrical war" led by the United States. After spending more than 24 hours without power, citizens of several sectors of the city of Caracas sounded pots and took gasoline from their vehicles to power generators. In the few gasoline pumps that were kept open, large lines were displayed, AFP reported. "I have about an hour to queue because all the bombs are closed, " Antonio Belisario told AFP. The energy "came a moment and it went away again, I could not do the real thing today to take it home, I'm throwing gas because we do not know how long it will last", he added. The blackout is considered the worst in history by the vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, who through her Twitter account said they were "making an effort" to restore the service. Hospitals collapsed almost all over the country, canceled flights, homes without water, the streets of the main desolate cities and closed businesses, faulty telephone lines and no internet. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino called the blackout "deliberate aggression" by the United States and announced a "security deployment" by the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), although he did not elaborate. "An aggression that has undoubtedly been prepared, deliberate, well delineated, as the American empire knows how to do , " he told TV. The Minister of Communication, Jorge Rodríguez, announced that Venezuela will denounce the United States before the UN Human Rights Commission for the blackout. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 "All your electrons are belong to us!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-03-10 12:29 |
| #2 So, we invaded Venezuela to steal their electricity? |
| Posted by: Matt 2019-03-10 12:10 |
| #1 ...but, but, its so GREEN! What did socialists use before candles? Electricity. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-03-10 07:56 |