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Gunshot caused Venezuela power outage: Maduro
Source: Reuters
Gunshot caused Venezuela power outage: Maduro
BY ANDREW CAWTHORNE
CARACAS Tue Dec 17, 2013 3:23pm EST
(Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that saboteurs used a gun to bring down a power cable and plunge more than half of Venezuela into darkness earlier this month.
As well as causing chaos on the streets, the December 2 blackout sparked an immediate blame game. The government accused right-wing foes of an attack, while opponents said the outage was due to incompetent management of the electric grid.
"They attacked a transmission line," Maduro said in a speech to a regional summit in Caracas, attended by several heads of state. "The sabotage has been proven. With a gun shot, they split a key line and left the country in the dark."
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Maduro's intelligence chief, Miguel Rodriguez, also had suggested that a gunman brought down the 765-megawatt electricity cable in the Venezuelan savannah that connects about two-thirds of the nation to the country's largest dam.
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BY ANDREW CAWTHORNE
CARACAS Tue Dec 17, 2013 3:23pm EST
(Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that saboteurs used a gun to bring down a power cable and plunge more than half of Venezuela into darkness earlier this month.
As well as causing chaos on the streets, the December 2 blackout sparked an immediate blame game. The government accused right-wing foes of an attack, while opponents said the outage was due to incompetent management of the electric grid.
"They attacked a transmission line," Maduro said in a speech to a regional summit in Caracas, attended by several heads of state. "The sabotage has been proven. With a gun shot, they split a key line and left the country in the dark."
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Maduro's intelligence chief, Miguel Rodriguez, also had suggested that a gunman brought down the 765-megawatt electricity cable in the Venezuelan savannah that connects about two-thirds of the nation to the country's largest dam.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/17/us-venezuela-blackout-idUSBRE9BG19O20131217