A widespread blackout enveloped much of Venezuela in darkness on Thursday night, stopping subway service in the capital and causing problems around the country, which has been plagued by power failures as its economic crisis has worsened.
The power failure appeared to be more severe than others, however, and the government of President Nicolás Maduro moved quickly to blame its opponents.
The minister of electrical power, Luis Motta Domínguez, said on state television that the blackout was caused by an “attack” on the Guri Dam, a large hydroelectric facility in east Venezuela. Information Minister Jorge Rodríguez, also on the state news network, said that right-wing “criminals” had committed “sabotage” to the dam’s system of generation and distribution.
The officials did not say how much of the country had been affected by the blackout.
Mr. Maduro accused the United States of orchestrating the power failure, writing on Twitter, “The electrical war announced and directed by the imperialist United States against our people will be defeated.
Socialism almost never loses to human agency. It's too good at propaganda and repression to be beaten by men. What kills it 9 times out of 10, if you will pardon the expression, is God. Grid collapse, famine, pandemic, hyperinflation.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) March 8, 2019
Just build windmills and solar panels and problem solved. You won’t have to rely on massive hydro dams. 🙁
Remember when the greens didn’t like hydro?
Imagine if the country had flaming sparky cars!
Wimps. True socialists don’t need electricity. The fervour of the people for the fulfillment of the revolution shall provide all the energy that’s needed.
What kind of light did socialists write their manifestos by before candles?
Electric light.
“The power failure appeared to be more severe than others, however, and the government of President Nicolás Maduro moved quickly to blame its opponents.”
Socialists always blame their woes on others, every single time, because the prospect of taking responsibility is completely foreign to their way of thinking, and if they broke that trend, they would end up hanging from the lamppost because of the suffering that they cause to others.
Yep…one look to PM Dipshit and you can see THAT is absolutely True.
That he should end up hangin on a Lampost….goes without saying, preferrably on a MEATHOOK.!
“right-wing “criminals” had committed “sabotage” to the dam’s system of generation and distribution.”
Well at least they admit to being leftists.
At least Maduro went big with his accusations and blamed those nasty Yanquis rather than shuffling his attorney general to another portfolio while reminding all Venezuelans how their government was all about creating jobs…
Comment of the day..!!
LMAO…good one.!
Oooooh! Good one!
Global warming is to blame, and of course Haaaarper.
Huh!? I looked everywhere in the NYT article for actual EVIDENCE that any damage had actually occurred to the Dam as reported by the Maduro regime. A picture? An interview with Dam/hydroelectric workers? Interviews with local Dam region residents? Nada. Nunca.
Instead, the NYT simply acted as scribes for Maduro. Scribes and shills for anti-capitalistic, pro-Socialist stories, LIES. Scribes for LIES.
Oh, and PS … all the other multiple power outages were the fault of Imperialist America as well …
“Socialism almost never loses to human agency. It’s too good at propaganda and repression to be beaten by men. What kills it 9 times out of 10, if you will pardon the expression, is God. Grid collapse, famine, pandemic, hyperinflation.”
Well, of course. Socialism is an abomination conceived by men who deny God’s existence. He is never defied or mocked for long.
No doubt devastating news to the WAPO
Criminals in Venezuela are running out of other people’s money.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/how-bad-is-venezuelas-economy-even-the-criminals-are-struggling-to-get-by/2019/03/07/1ccb653e-3c75-11e9-b10b-f05a22e75865_story.html?utm_term=.bc550a72da2f