In Venezuela, there was the fifth in a month power outage
In Venezuela, there was a new power outage, which affected at least 20 States of the country and the capital Caracas. It is reported by the newspaper El Nacional.
According to the publication, the light went out on March 30 at 19:10 local time (02:10 GMT 31 March). It was the fifth in a month.
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The previous [fourth] blackout in Venezuela occurred on March 29. Then 21 state from 23 remained without electricity. The first blackout happened on March 8 [on March 7, 2019]...
The cause of the blackouts, which occurred on March 18, the media called the explosion of transformers at the substation in the industrial area of Cloris de Goirenas." [https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5ca04ce59a79476612a8b4f8?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop]
Maduro has appointed a new Venezuelan energy Minister
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CARACAS, April 2. /TASS./ [electrical engineer?] Igor Gavidia, will be a Minister of electricity of Venezuela instead of Luis Motta Domínguez...
This was reported on Monday by the President of the Republic Nicolas Maduro. (...)" [https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/6284720?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop]
Venezuelan authorities estimated the damage from failures in the supply of electricity
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CARACAS, 2 Jun - RIA Novosti. Failures in the supply of electricity in Venezuela led to pipe breaks at water supply facilities, the damage is estimated as "very large", said the Minister of water Evelyn Vasquez.
(...) According to her, due to failures in the provision of electricity in water supply systems dramatically varied pressure, resulting in pipe breaks occurred, which, "fortunately, has not led to human victims".
Employees of water supply facilities are continuously working to restore damaged equipment. "Some workers did not sleep for three days," the Minister said." [https://ria.ru/20190402/1552305637.html?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop]
In recent years, the Bolivarian Republic has been experiencing an acute socio-economic crisis, accompanied by the devaluation of the national currency and the hyperinflation. According to the parliamentary Committee on Finance, inflation in 2018 amounted to about 1.7 million percent. According to estimates of the Office of the United Nations high Commissioner for refugees and the International organization for migration, more than 3 million people have left the South American country.
The Venezuelan government does not recognize the existence of a humanitarian crisis in the country..." [https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/6284084?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop]
April 2, 2019 16:13
Translation from Russian into English: April 3, 2019 10:46.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Рассказ об интересе к событиям в Венесуэле 2 апреля 2019 года".