Caracas and other states felt a strong power outage: the second in 24 hours

For the second day in a row, Caracas and states of Venezuela almost went dark. At times, the fear of a new national blackout was present. Through social networks, users reported strong power outages this Friday.

Between 1:00 and 2:00 in the afternoon, areas of the capital such as The Marquis, Petare, Catia, Macaracuay and La Candelaria, among others, observed the failure. The same occurred in states such as Apure, Aragua, Carabobo and Guárico.

Second major electrical fluctuation in 24 hours

This is the second such incident in 24 hours. On Thursday, around the same time, there were areas with fluctuations in the electricity supply.

Aragua, Miranda, Portuguesa, Zulia, La Guaira, Sucre, Lara and Guárico were some of the states with problems in this service. In Caracas, areas such as El Marqués, Catia and Maripérez also suffered power outages or partial cuts.

Unstable electrical service in Venezuela

Following the elections on July 28, mass failures seem to have returned. On August 28, areas of Venezuela were left in the dark or experienced power fluctuations. That day, the minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabellodenounced sabotage by the opposition against the country’s freight system.

On August 30th, Venezuela The country was left without electricity for 12 hours. At 4:00 in the morning, the power went out. The failure was reminiscent of the blackout in March 2019. And once again, the official rhetoric of the Chavista administration was to attribute it to a terrorist attack.

On Wednesday night, Hair He revealed that there are 11 people arrested in connection with the national blackout on August 30, which he insisted on attributing to a “terrorist attack” by “fascists.”