Officials of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) of Venezuela patrolled some installations of the electrical system on Monday after a blackout occurred in several areas in 10 of the Caribbean country's 23 states.
“FANB continues to safeguard our national electricity system. Permanent Peace Sentinels of the Rural (Command Detachment) conduct permanent patrols of electricity installations,” wrote the strategic operational command of the military institution (Ceofanb) on its Twitter account.
The state-owned Corporación Eléctrica Nacional (Corpoelec) confirmed on Sunday that blackouts were recorded in several areas in 10 states of the country, after social media users and organizations warned of outages early in the morning.
Corpoelec reported that its “workforce” was carrying out “maneuvers” to regain service in several municipalities in the states of Aragua, Carabobo, Guárico, Trujillo, Mérida, Zulia, Yaracuy, Cojedes, Lara and Barinas.
Reports from users and organizations also reported power failures in some sectors of Caracas.
The electrical installations have been in the custody and control of the FANB since 2013, despite this, the authorities are responsible for the cuts to “attacks”, “attacks” or “sabotage” organized mainly by the US and Colombia.
In the first quarter of 2022, power failures decreased by 64.6% compared to the same period in 2021, when 38,004 were recorded, compared to 13,423 service interruptions computed during the first three months of this year, according to EFE the Committee for People Affected by Blackouts, an independent body that accounts for power outages.
(With information from EFE)
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