Venezuela blackout leaves commuters scrambling, silences president
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - A blackout cut power to much of Venezuela on Friday, snarling traffic in the capital Caracas and other major cities as authorities scrambled to restore electricity after the outage, which twice interrupted a presidential broadcast.
Pedestrians streamed into the streets of Caracas as the blackout shuttered the underground metro trains and left frustrated drivers honking in the chaos without stoplights.
Government ministers in the late afternoon said they expected power would be restored shortly. It was the second nationwide major electricity outage in less than a year.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/27/us-venezuela-blackout-idUSKBN0F22C520140627?feedType=RSS
I'm sure an in-depth investigation will show it to be the work of the CIA.
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)president off.
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)hunter
(38,340 posts)... so it's not unheard of.
imthevicar
(811 posts)In SO. America all over again. Cant have any of those Damned socialist/Commies giving the scum in our MERICA ANY IDEAS!
but just think of all the poisonous CO2 that isn't being released into the air.
Just think of how many trees are saved with the lack of toilet paper.
And how much healthier people are with the lack of dairy products and meat on grocery store shelves.
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)Mika
(17,751 posts)EX500rider
(10,885 posts)....wasn't on the air.