Global Information2019 Venezuelan blackouts information
Nationwide recurring electrical blackouts in Venezuela began in March 2019. Experts and state-run Corpoelec (Corporación Eléctrica Nacional) sources attribute the electricity shortages to lack of maintenance and to a lack of technical expertise in the country resulting from a brain drain;[3][4][5] Nicolás Maduro's administration attributes them to sabotage.[6][7][8] Since March, various nationwide blackouts occurred in the country.[9]
The first widespread blackout began on 7 March 2019 at 4:56 pm local time (GMT-4);[10] it lasted through 14 March, when power was restored to much of the country.[11][12] It was the largest power outage in the country's history,[13] and affected the electricity sector in Venezuela in most of its 23 states,[10][14] as well as Roraima border state of Brazil,[15][16] causing serious problems in hospitals and clinics, industry, transport and in water service.[17] At least 43 deaths resulted.[18] On 12 March, power returned to some parts of the country, but Caracas remained only partially powered and western regions near the border with Colombia remained dark.[19] Power outages persisted in some areas for many days after 14 March.[20]
Between 14 and 16 of Venezuela's 23 states were again without power from 25 March[21] to 28 March;[22] at least four people died as a result of the three-day lack of power.[23] Another blackout started in the evening of 29 March,[24] followed by another 24 hours later.[25] During the month of March, Venezuela was without power for at least 10 days overall.[26]
The ongoing power outages have worsened the crisis in Venezuela and "suffering, cutting off water supplies and leaving hospitals and airports in the dark".[27] On 31 March, Maduro announced a 30-day plan to ration power.[28] Another major national blackout occurred on 22 July.[29]
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- ^ "Conformarán una comisión presidencial para investigar el ciberataque y mostrar la verdad". Prensa MPP (in Spanish). 12 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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- ^ a b Rodríguez Rosas, Ronny (9 March 2019). "A Motta Domínguez se le cumplió el plazo y no cumplió" [Motta Domínguez's deadline was met and he did not comply]. Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Venezuela: power returns after blackout but normal service may be a long way off". The Guardian. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Four dead, hundreds detained after Venezuela blackout: rights groups". Reuters. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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- ^ "Blackout darkens much of Venezuela in latest taste of economic woes". Buenos Aires Times. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "En el tercer día de apagón en Venezuela, reportan que murieron 17 pacientes por falta de diálisis" [On the third day of the blackout in Venezuela, it is reported that 17 patients died due to lack of dialysis]. Infobae (in Spanish). 9 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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- ^ "Servicio eléctrico sigue sin restituirse totalmente tras el apagón nacional". El Nacional (in Spanish). 18 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ Phillips, Tom (25 March 2019). "'No more hope': fresh blackout leaves half of Venezuela without power". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ Sequera, Vivian; Cohen, Luc (29 March 2019). "Venezuela blocks Guaido from office as the opposition scoffs". Reuters. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
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NewBlackoutwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Venezuela sufre el tercer apagón en solo tres semanas". Telemundo 51 (in Spanish). 29 March 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ Pons, Corina and Brian Ellsworth (29 March 2019). "International Red Cross ready for Venezuela humanitarian aid operation". Reuters. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
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