CARACAS, Monday September 01, 2008 | Update
Country
A failure in high-voltage line 765 San Jerónimo-La Arenosa
caused a blackout at midday on Monday in the Greater Caracas
and several areas in west Venezuela, reported Hipólito
Izquierdo, chairman of the National Electrical Corporation.
The official said that the power loss was of approximately
4,500 MW and that the electricity generation turned off at
Joaquina Sánchez plant, which serves the capital city.
He reported also on a shortage of the electrical service in
Maracaibo, the capital city of Zulia state, and part of west
Venezuela.
At the time of giving the news, Izquierdo said that the power
supply had been restored by 25 percent in the metropolitan
area.
Additional reports aired on news TV channel Globovisión
stated that the blackout affected also a portion of central
Carabobo state, some municipalities in south-western Portuguesa
state, and areas of Andean Táchira state, among others.
04:17 PM. Western Hemisphere. "Damned empire; I curse you one thousand times; some day you will be finished off and wrecked. I curse you one thousand times, empire." This is the least that President Hugo Chávez has uttered to refer to the US government. In urging the Bolivarian Armed Forces to prepare for war, he said that a US raid on Venezuela through Colombia would trigger and spread over the region "the 100-year war."