RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A power failure that began this Sunday around 7:10 PM local time (11:10 PM GMT) has left a large part of Caracas and at least two states close to the Venezuelan capital without electricity, according to EFE and various complaints reported on social networks.
In several areas of the metropolitan area of Caracas, which includes part of the neighboring state of Miranda, the power supply was interrupted from east to west after a strong power outage, as the fluctuations in the service that involve ups and downs in the reception of electricity and that frequently cause serious damage to household appliances are known in the country.
However, in some areas of the capital city center or the popular sector of 23 de Enero, power service is maintained.
The Venezuelan Ministry of Electric Energy explained in its Twitter account that “after an event occurred” in the electric system, “the load supplied” by a substation, the one in Santa Teresa del Tuy, a municipality located in Miranda, “was affected”.
They added that they carry out “maneuvers to reestablish service in Miranda, Caracas, and La Guaira, another neighboring state of the capital that hosts several satellite cities and the country’s main airport.
Shortly before, they published another message together with several photos in which they explained that they are working to optimize the electric service in the Andean state of Trujillo.
Social networks also reported power failures in other states such as Carabobo, Zulia, Táchira, Anzoátegui, Guárico, or Portuguesa, which no official entity has made any statement.
Those same users show their fear of a repetition of a case similar to that of March 2019, when there were numerous blackouts in Venezuela, some of which lasted for days throughout the country and left the Caribbean nation dark.
At that time, the government of Nicolás Maduro maintained that it was sabotage orchestrated by the opposition and the United States.
In September last year, another major blackout left many Caracas and neighboring states without electricity. On that occasion, the power supply was not normalized in some capital sectors for almost three days.