Venezuelans Outside Caracas Say Capital Not Sharing Blackout Burden
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s plan to add 6 gigawatts of capacity faces a grid short by about 2,000 megawatts, analysts said.
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Venezuelans outside Caracas say capital not sharing blackout burden
Residents of Tachira say they believe that authorities are diverting electricity from their state to the capital Caracas, where blackouts are more rare. "I'm really fed up and exhausted. And now I see that we could have power all the time, but it seems we have to feed the bubble (in the heart of Caracas) so the people in the neighborhoods don't rise up," Herrera, a 38-year-old secretary, told AFP. Venezuela desperately needs to boost its electri…
The blackouts that hit regions of Venezuela widened this week, when neighborhoods in Caracas also began to suffer energy cuts, despite the measures announced in August to resolve the crisis. The deterioration occurs while the interim government of Delcy Rodríguez tries to reactivate the infrastructure and sign agreements to recover electricity on Friday (11).
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