Venezuela reports power failure across country
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Caracas: A blackout plunged most of Venezuela into darkness early Friday morning, according to Communications Minister Freddy Nanez, who blamed the ev...
Caracas: A blackout plunged most of Venezuela into darkness early Friday morning, according to Communications Minister Freddy Nanez, who blamed the event on a "sabotage" of the national grid.
Venezuela experiences frequent blackouts, which President Nicolas Maduro's government routinely attributes to unproven conspiracies to overthrow him.
"We are reporting that at approximately 4:40 am (0840 GMT) today, Friday, August 30, an electrical sabotage took place in Venezuela, a sabotage against the national electrical system, which has affected almost the entire national territory," Nanez told the state-run VTV channel.
"All 24 states are reporting total or partial loss of electricity supply," he said.
The worst countrywide outage to strike Venezuela, in March 2019, lasted several days.
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