Venezuelan Prez Blames Blackout on Opposition
About 70 percent of the country was without power
“Everything seems to indicate that the extreme right has resumed its plan for an electrical strike against the country,” Maduro wrote on Twitter. Opposition leader Henrique Capriles responded by saying the government was trying to distract the public from the country’s problems by fabricating a conspiracy theory, BBCreports.
The massive blackout lasted about three hours and also affected parts of the capital, Caracas. It disrupted the subway and disabled traffic lights in the city, causing chaos. While power was slowly being restored in different areas, thousands of workers were sent home. Government officials have previously said that high energy consumption and poor maintenance of transmission lines led to a high incidence of power outages in the country. But such blackouts rarely affect Caracas.
- Taylor Liggines (3rd period)
ReplyDeleteI feel they took this situation very well. Caracas is oblivious to this situation. High energy consumption & poor maintenance led to to this high incidence of power outages in the country. People were sent home due to the chaos caused by this incident.
They took this incident very seriously.Thousand of people were sent home because of the black out.The black out also affected the parts of the capital.High energy consumption and poor maintenance led to this high incident of power outages in the country.
ReplyDelete- Natalie Wilson (6th Period)
ReplyDeleteI think the people of Venezuela might have been frustrated because of the blackout, Which rarely affects Caracas. The reason I say this is because many residents were unable to use the subway for transportation and thousand of workers were sent home. Additionally, the high energy and lack of maintenance of transmission lines led to this incident.
the people of Venezuela was mad because of the blackout. I say this because the people of Venezuela need power for everyday things. High energy consumption and poor maintenance led to this high incident of power outages in the country
ReplyDelete- Jordaun Gaines (5th period)I think the took the blackout very seriously . lots of people were sent home and not able to do their job which will affect there family. the blackout was mainly caused by poor maintenance and high energy consumption. many people were not able to drive due to traffic lights going out so I think they should better prepair incase this happen again.
ReplyDeleteJaylyn Smith
ReplyDeleteThis post is about the blackout in Venezuela.
People blamed the "Blackout" on politics.
Others just blamed it on high use of electricity.
I know it was chaotic during that period of time.
No traffic lights to guide traffic means everybody had to make their decision.
Devante Joiner, I believe they handled this chaotic situation very carefully, with brief and precise and precise actions. I think the people of Venezuela were wrong to blame politics for the blackout, but they were right to be angry with what happen. I feel bad because the accidents that happened with the traffic light delima. And who every was in charge should make sure an incident like this doesn't happen again.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very serious situation because thousands of people were sent home from work. People may have needed the that time at there job to get stuff done but not everyone has a easy life. Things like this can really mess up a persons career or even there life. People work hard to get out of bad situations and things like this can mess someone's plans up. Also not even including the chaos in the streets there were probably crashes or even stop and go traffic.
ReplyDeleteSpencer Shane (3rd period) I think the President should man up and take responsibility for the blackout, instead of throwing slander at the opposition to get votes. Maybe it was poor maintenance of the power lines, who knows? However, the problem should be fixed instead of being turned into a political scandal.
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