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China backs Venezuala’s claim that blackout caused by U.S. sabotage

Mar 18, 2019
Misc
Posted by Patrick Haddad

China reportedly offered to help Venezuela restore its power Wednesday after the South American nation suffered its worst blackout ever.

China also backed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his socialist party’s claim that the power outage was a result of U.S. sabotage, according to Reuters.

The power outage reportedly started last week. While most of the country has regained power, some places have not. This can be a huge problem as some places in Venezuela can reach high temperatures.

China said Wednesday that they would provide technical support to help Maduro’s government regain power.

China, as well as Maduro, claimed that the power failure was the result of a U.S.-backed sabotage attempt.

Experts say that the power outage was a result of a technical problem from the Guri Dam in Southern Venezuela, according to the Reuters article.

Marco Rubio chimed in last week, incorrectly said that “German Dam” broke in Venezuela. However, German Dam is the name of a reporter covering the electrical outage caused by a broken power plant, which in turn caused the crisis.

 

Source: The Daily Caller

Photo (for illustrative purposes): Nicolas Maduro 2019 inauguration / Presidencia El Salvador / Wikipedia / CC0 1.0

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