Major blackout strikes most Venezuelan states

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A major blackout struck Caracas and most of Venezuela on April 7 at about 3:30 p.m. local time, hitting at least 18 states and the Greater Caracas. The outage was due to a power failure in a 765-kilovolts (kV) major transmission line between La Horqueta and San Gerónimo power substations which connect Guri hydroelectric power plant, the most important generating center in Venezuela, with central and western states of the country, said Minister of Electric Energy Alí Rodríguez Araque

Résumé:

April 4
Power deficit to prompt slowdown in Venezuela

April 5
Power failures endanger likely industrial recovery

Venezuela's Electricity minister denies power rationing

April 6
Power failures hit Venezuelan companies

Venezuelan government to add 2,568 MW to the electricity grid in 2011

April 7
CVG subsidiaries hit by power rationing

Blackout hits Caracas and several Venezuelan states

Caracas subway resumes service following blackout

Electric power restored in most parts of Venezuela

April 8
Blackout hits about 62 percent of power demand

Blackout affects Venezuelan heavy crude upgraders

http://english.eluniversal.com/2011/04/08/major-blackout-strikes-most-venezuelan-states.shtml

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In Spanish (Ultimas Noticias):

Apagón afecta Gran Caracas y 10 estados del país
http://www.ultimasnoticias.com.ve/Noticias/Ciudad/Apagon-afecta-Gran-Caracas-y-10-estados-del-pais.aspx

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Again, was it the El Niño drought?

[Zorro]

1. No

It was anti-Bolivarian revolution fascist saboteurs that caused the blackout.

[Zorro]

2. Aided and abetted by the US government, I might add