Venezuela suffered another nationwide blackout Tuesday, with President Nicolas Maduro accusing “terrorists” as masterminds.
It was the second blackout in less than two weeks
In a statement on Twitter, Maduro said a deliberately set “large-scale fire” hit facilities around the Guri hydroelectric plant in the south of the country that supplies power to 80 percent of Venezuela’s 30 million inhabitants.
Another operation by “criminal hands” knocked out transformers as repairs were going on, he said. He alleged the “sly terrorist attacks” had the goal of “destabilizing” the country.
His communication minister, Jorge Rodriguez, tweeted images of electrical installations consumed by flames, while the government extended from 24 to 48 hours a no-work and no-school period ordered to take the load off the grid.
Vice President Delcy Rodriguez announced on Twitter that Maduro had decreed…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
