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Massive Electrical Power Failure Paralyses Venezuela.

Evilroddy

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18 out of 23 of the states of Venezuela were hit and all but paralysed by an almost country-wide electrical power failure today. The Government of Venezuela is alleging that sabotage by the political opposition or by an outside actor is responsible for the power failure.

Venezuela: huge power outage leaves much of country in the dark | World news | The Guardian

This is very suspicious. If the allegations of the Venezuelan Government are proved to be true, then those behind this unprecedented power failure may have tipped the country closer to armed civil war as well as killing Venezuelans at risk who rely on power for their lives.

This could be the face of Hybrid Warfare American-style.

Cheers.
Evilroddy.
 
In Venezuela, massive power outage leaves much of the country in the dark

CARACAS, Venezuela — A massive blackout plunged Caracas and much of the nation into chaos Thursday, forcing the rush-hour closure of the capital’s metro and sending tens of thousands of people into the streets in what the authorities alleged was an act of “sabotage.”
“This is part of a power war against the state,” the government-owned electricity operator, Corpolec, said in a tweet. It said that the Guri hydroelectric complex in southern Bolivar state — the source of most of the country’s electricity — had been “sabotaged.” But authorities provided no evidence of that. . . . .
 
Venezuela plunges into darkness amid widespread outage - The ...


https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../power-outage...venezuela/.../7c93c754-4139-11e9-...

1 hour ago - Mothers and relatives wait outside of an intense care room for babies at a clinic, during a power outage in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday,...

. . . Venezuela’s electrical system was once the envy of Latin America but it has fallen into a state of disrepair after years of poor maintenance and mismanagement. High-ranking officials have been accused in U.S. court proceedings of looting government money earmarked for the electrical system. . . .
 
Evilroddy said:
18 out of 23 of the states of Venezuela were hit and all but paralysed by an almost country-wide electrical power failure today. The Government of Venezuela is alleging that sabotage by the political opposition or by an outside actor is responsible for the power failure.

Venezuela: huge power outage leaves much of country in the dark | World news | The Guardian

This is very suspicious. If the allegations of the Venezuelan Government are proved to be true, then those behind this unprecedented power failure may have tipped the country closer to armed civil war as well as killing Venezuelans at risk who rely on power for their lives.

This could be the face of Hybrid Warfare American-style.

Cheers.
Evilroddy.
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Kinda quick on the accusation thingie....
 
I don't trust the word of either side of this conflict, but if you wanted to push the people over the edge then cutting their power would be a good way to do it.
 
Evilroddy said:
18 out of 23 of the states of Venezuela were hit and all but paralysed by an almost country-wide electrical power failure today. The Government of Venezuela is alleging that sabotage by the political opposition or by an outside actor is responsible for the power failure.

Venezuela: huge power outage leaves much of country in the dark | World news | The Guardian

This is very suspicious. If the allegations of the Venezuelan Government are proved to be true, then those behind this unprecedented power failure may have tipped the country closer to armed civil war as well as killing Venezuelans at risk who rely on power for their lives.

This could be the face of Hybrid Warfare American-style.

Cheers.
Evilroddy.
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LOL, its "russia" in 1991 , if maduro will stay in power longer it will be no Venezuela anymore
 
Fledermaus said:
Kinda quick on the accusation thingie....
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Fledermaus:

I'm just reporting the story as it was known at the time of the OP.

Cheers.
Evilroddy.
 
Evilroddy said:
18 out of 23 of the states of Venezuela were hit and all but paralysed by an almost country-wide electrical power failure today. The Government of Venezuela is alleging that sabotage by the political opposition or by an outside actor is responsible for the power failure.

Venezuela: huge power outage leaves much of country in the dark | World news | The Guardian

This is very suspicious. If the allegations of the Venezuelan Government are proved to be true, then those behind this unprecedented power failure may have tipped the country closer to armed civil war as well as killing Venezuelans at risk who rely on power for their lives.

This could be the face of Hybrid Warfare American-style.

Cheers.
Evilroddy.
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It could be the face of Socialism as it always presents itself.

Occam's Razor.
 
For the past five years there have been many problems with Venezuela's hydroelectric projects, from persistent drought and low water levels, to official corruption, and a lack of spare parts when turbines and generators suffer usage breakdowns. Venezuela derives ~75% of its internal power from renewable resources (hydroelectric) allowing most of the country's oil to be exported. For years now there has been roaming brownouts and blackouts throughout Venezuela because Corpoelec has capped electricity consumption to about 14,000 megawatts during peak hours. In addition, many of the 15,000 workers for Corpoelec have quit due to either shorted or missing paychecks.

It is possible that the massive power failure is due to the Maduro opposition or an outside state actor by either physical or cyber intervention respectively.

That said, if Venezuela were a corporation, insolvency would have been declared in the waning months of 2018.
 
Fledermaus said:
Your last sentence wasn't reporting.
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Fledermaus:

"Could" not "is" and Venezuela is in America. So the statement is valid given the allegations made by the Venezuelan Government. It could also be down to purely Venezuelan incompetance but the timing and the scale of the power failure makes this a suspicious event nonetheless.

Given Mr. Guaido's response to the power failure the comment by me is not UNwarrented. The pretender president said:

Mr Guaidó said on Twitter that the blackout was a matter of "chaos, concern and anger" and "evidence of the usurper's inefficiency", adding that "light would return" once Mr Maduro was removed from power.
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Venezuela power cuts: Blackouts hit Caracas and spread - BBC News

The choice of the word "anger" implies an intent behind the power failure which a simple break down would not have.

Cheers.
Evilroddy.
 
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Evilroddy said:
Fledermaus:

"Could" not "is" and Venezuela is in America. So the statement is valid given the allegations made by the Venezuelan Government. It could also be down to purely Venezuelan incompetance but the timing and the scale of the power failure makes this a suspicious event nonetheless.

Given Mr. Guaido's response to the power failure the comment by me is not UNwarrented. The pretender president said:



Venezuela power cuts: Blackouts hit Caracas and spread - BBC News

The choice of the word "anger" implies an intent behind the power failure which a simple break down would not have.

Cheers.
Evilroddy.
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Could it have been a Maduro false flag to galvanize resistance to the uber-fascists and reactionary elements of the counter revolution.
 
Evilroddy said:
Fledermaus:

"Could" not "is" and Venezuela is in America. So the statement is valid given the allegations made by the Venezuelan Government. It could also be down to purely Venezuelan incompetance but the timing and the scale of the power failure makes this a suspicious event nonetheless.

Given Mr. Guaido's response to the power failure the comment by me is not UNwarrented. The pretender president said:



Venezuela power cuts: Blackouts hit Caracas and spread - BBC News

The choice of the word "anger" implies an intent behind the power failure which a simple break down would not have.

Cheers.
Evilroddy.
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Fledermaus said:
Could it have been a Maduro false flag to galvanize resistance to the uber-fascists and reactionary elements of the counter revolution.
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Occam's Razor: Accidental failure. There is a demonstrated record of unreliable electric power in Venezuela.
 
This isn't exactly Venezuela's first power outage. I disagree with the way that the United States is trying to force a coup, but it would be very premature to assume we are behind this.
 
Fledermaus said:
Could it have been a Maduro false flag to galvanize resistance to the uber-fascists and reactionary elements of the counter revolution.
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Fledermaus:

False flags are designed to legitimise aggression not to bolster defense. What would be the sense in shutting down the power in 18 of the country's 23 states which makes the Venezuelan Government look like a bunch of mooks and alienates the people who still support it. Now if the Maduro Regime had caught a crack team of "opposition-linked commandos" just before they were ready to strike at the power grid and there was a convenient paper and bread-crumb trail leading back to the Lopez-Guaido leadership, then your scenario might have some legs.

If this is intentional sabotage then Occam's razor must make the Qui Bono cut and thus conclude that it is the opposition which stands to benefit the most from this nearly country-wide and protracted black out, not the Maduro Regime. But as you say claims based solely on suspicion of false flag operations are often the hallmark of those who are prone to peddling unsubstantiated conspiracy theories as fact and so are best avoided until more reliable information emerges from the froth of propaganda from all sides in the Venezuelan Crisis.

"If" is a very important word too.

Cheers.
Evilroddy.
 
Evilroddy said:
Fledermaus:

False flags are designed to legitimise aggression not to bolster defense. What would be the sense in shutting down the power in 18 of the country's 23 states which makes the Venezuelan Government look like a bunch of mooks and alienates the people who still support it. Now if the Maduro Regime had caught a crack team of "opposition-linked commandos" just before they were ready to strike at the power grid and there was a convenient paper and bread-crumb trail leading back to the Lopez-Guaido leadership, then your scenario might have some legs.

If this is intentional sabotage then Occam's razor must make the Qui Bono cut and thus conclude that it is the opposition which stands to benefit the most from this nearly country-wide and protracted black out, not the Maduro Regime. But as you say claims based solely on suspicion of false flag operations are often the hallmark of those who are prone to peddling unsubstantiated conspiracy theories as fact and so are best avoided until more reliable information emerges from the froth of propaganda from all sides in the Venezuelan Crisis.

"If" is a very important word too.

Cheers.
Evilroddy.
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Ahem. No intervention required for electrical failure in Venezuela. "Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by stupidity." --Talleyrand
Occam's Razor says accidental outage.

[h=3]The Electricity Crisis in Venezuela: A Cautionary Tale | The New Yorker[/h]
[url]https://www.newyorker.com/tech/.../the-electricity-crisis-in-venezuela-a-cautionary-tale
[/URL]
May 17, 2016 - Gretchen Bakke reports on the origins of Venezuela's electricity crisis, and what lessons it holds for the rest of the world's power infrastructure.
[h=3]Venezuela begins power rationing as drought causes severe outages ...[/h]
[url]https://www.reuters.com/...venezuela.../venezuela-begins-power-rationing-as-drought-...
[/URL]



Mar 16, 2018 - Venezuela imposed electricity rationing this week in six western states ... “Because of electrical failures, the machines weren't able to revive the ...
[h=3]The roots of Venezuela's appalling electricity crisis - Vox[/h]
[url]https://www.vox.com/2016/3/17/11254860/venezuela-electricity-crisis
[/URL]



Apr 8, 2016 - Venezuela's massive electricity crisis keeps getting worse and worse. ... Venezuela, crucially, doesn't have a good backup plan if its dams fail.
[h=3]Venezuela's Electricity Deficit | Americas Quarterly[/h]
[url]https://www.americasquarterly.org/content/venezuelas-electricity-deficit
[/URL]



Venezuela is currently suffering its second electricity emergency in three years. ... According to the newspaper El Nacional, there have been 10,647 failures in ... And what has happened to the recordamounts of money poured into the sector?


 
Jack Hays said:
Ahem. No intervention required for electrical failure in Venezuela. "Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by stupidity." --Talleyrand
Occam's Razor says accidental outage.

[h=3]The Electricity Crisis in Venezuela: A Cautionary Tale | The New Yorker[/h]
[url]https://www.newyorker.com/tech/.../the-electricity-crisis-in-venezuela-a-cautionary-tale
[/URL]
May 17, 2016 - Gretchen Bakke reports on the origins of Venezuela's electricity crisis, and what lessons it holds for the rest of the world's power infrastructure.
[h=3]Venezuela begins power rationing as drought causes severe outages ...[/h]
[url]https://www.reuters.com/...venezuela.../venezuela-begins-power-rationing-as-drought-...
[/URL]



Mar 16, 2018 - Venezuela imposed electricity rationing this week in six western states ... “Because of electrical failures, the machines weren't able to revive the ...
[h=3]The roots of Venezuela's appalling electricity crisis - Vox[/h]
[url]https://www.vox.com/2016/3/17/11254860/venezuela-electricity-crisis
[/URL]



Apr 8, 2016 - Venezuela's massive electricity crisis keeps getting worse and worse. ... Venezuela, crucially, doesn't have a good backup plan if its dams fail.
[h=3]Venezuela's Electricity Deficit | Americas Quarterly[/h]
[url]https://www.americasquarterly.org/content/venezuelas-electricity-deficit
[/URL]



Venezuela is currently suffering its second electricity emergency in three years. ... According to the newspaper El Nacional, there have been 10,647 failures in ... And what has happened to the recordamounts of money poured into the sector?
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Jack Hays:

The truth, whatever it is, will come out eventually and then we will all better understand what happened on Thursday afternoon in Venezuela. I am patient and I will wait but I am always suspicious of coincidences when vested interests stand to benefit from such coincidences. Time will tell. If I turn out to be wrong in my suspicions, then I will admit it.

PS: Good New Yorker cartoon!

Cheers.
Evilroddy.
 
Venezuela has the same problem as Puerto Rico: bad infrastructure due to bad government.
 
Venezuela_Power_Outage_40840.jpg

Inside a hospital in Caracas

Power has returned in some sections of Caracas, but power to most of the country remains out. The Maduro government blamed it on a cyber-attack on [SCADA] controls at the Guri Dam. The problem with this explanation is that while important, the Guri Dam does not supply 100% of Venezuelan power. About half of the 23 hospitals are running short of generator fuel. Dialysis patients are being acutely affected. People cannot withdraw food money from their bank due to there being no power. Foods that need refrigeration are beginning to spoil in the warm Venezuelan climate. The World Bank said inflation in Venezuela this year will reach a staggering 10 million percent.

Beyond the great famine that affected North Korea in the 1990's, some famines in Africa, and select war zones, I'm hard pressed to think of a nation in collective worse shape than Maduro's Venezuela.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Venezuela_Power_Outage_40840.jpg

Inside a hospital in Caracas

Power has returned in some sections of Caracas, but power to most of the country remains out. The Maduro government blamed it on a cyber-attack on [SCADA] controls at the Guri Dam. The problem with this explanation is that while important, the Guri Dam does not supply 100% of Venezuelan power. About half of the 23 hospitals are running short of generator fuel. Dialysis patients are being acutely affected. People cannot withdraw food money from their bank due to there being no power. Foods that need refrigeration are beginning to spoil in the warm Venezuelan climate. The World Bank said inflation in Venezuela this year will reach a staggering 10 million percent.

Beyond the great famine that affected North Korea in the 1990's, some famines in Africa, and select war zones, I'm hard pressed to think of a nation in collective worse shape than Maduro's Venezuela.
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Their electrical grid has been near collapse for years.
 
Fledermaus said:
Could it have been a Maduro false flag to galvanize resistance to the uber-fascists and reactionary elements of the counter revolution.
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I will say they have no evidence, but curcumstances do point to sabotage, the biggest one being that marco rubio was tweeting with exact details of what happened there before venezualan authorities in charge of the plant knew what was going on. It would be as suspicious as an american plant shutting down and russia tweeting within 30 seconds of the shutdown exact details of what happened before the american plant workers knew what was going on.
 
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