Venezuela suffers a massive nationwide blackout

Power outage affected 20 of the 24 states

Venezuela lived this friday the longest blackout since the March 2019 incident, when the Caribbean nation spent several days in the dark following a failure that was aggravated by the decaying state of the equipment and the shortage of personnel to deal with the emergency. During the early hours of the morning, at 04:50 hours, the authorities reported the first service interruptionwhich affected at least 20 of the 24 states.

Organizations such as Ve Sin Filtro added that, consequently, Internet connection dropped by up to 20% At the national level, this means that eight out of ten Venezuelans were left for hours without being able to access social networks, digital payment platforms and electronic communication channels. The phone signal was also compromised. and forced hundreds of Caracas residents to move to different parts of the capital in search of better reception.

GENERAL CHAOS

The consequences were also felt in the streets, where the traffic lights were out of servicewhich triggered a huge traffic and pedestrian chaos, which was already congested by the suspension of underground services.

Immediately, the Nicolás Maduro regime accused the opposition leader, Maria Corina Machadoand his partner Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia to be behind this “sabotage” y “criminal attack”as they described it. Despite not presenting evidence to support their claims, the Ministers of Communication and Interior, Freddy Ñáñez and Diosdado Cabello, respectively, denounced that the maneuver is part of the “coup plan” carried out by anti-Chavez supporters together with the international community.

“Those who attack the electrical system, those who plan these activities against our people, Rest assured that the State agencies will reach out to you, rest assured that there will be justice here.“said Cabello in a contact with the state network VTV.

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PROGRESSIVE

As the hours passed, the power supply was restored in some sectors, although many users on social networks reported fluctuations in service e, inclusive, new cuts. Nevertheless, VTV He reported that work was continuing to normalise the situation.

While the problem is being resolved, the Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, announced that the Armed Forces have launched a plan to “cover any situation at a national level,” which included the deployment of “a hundred officers”. Some of these soldiers, he explained, monitor electrical installations in order to preserve “normality” there, while activities in hospitals and airports continue as normal thanks to the activation of special power plants.

These claims, however, were denied by several Internet users who reported a different situation in these establishments.

CRITICISM OF CHAVISM

Social media was filled with users complaining about the situation in the country and targeting the Maduro regime.

A person shared an image in which he was seen Caracas in darkness and, in the background, the Executive headquarters completely illuminated. Next to it he wrote: “In the background the Miraflores palace in Caracas Venezuela, there resides the dictator Maduro. For the people blackout, repression, hunger, heat, misery, needs, discomfort, illness; this is what 21st century socialism offers. For Maduro and his leadership, all the pleasures”.

Another posted in a complaining tone: “Venezuela and its peculiarities… 16 hours without electricity with a national blackout”, while a third user resorted to irony and wrote: “Now who was it? Tom and Jerry, Pinocchio, the Teletubbies, or the alligator that ate Mercedes without realizing it?”.

A woman expressed her anguish over the situation and said that this Friday was “a horrible day of uncertainty, with memories of those days of the other national blackout.” “You wake up from nightmares, but not in Venezuela”he added.

“I’ll just say that Venezuela is the biggest joke of the socialist idea. They have stolen everything and they mock you in your face. There is no law, there is no justice… and now, with this blackout, the joke continues again.“, noted another.

In March 2019, Venezuela passed Dark daysin a climate of anxiety and nervousness among the neighbors. Then, the energy crisis had become one of the main points of attack between the ruling party and the opposition, led by the interim president, Juan Guaidó.