Elliott Abrams: “The blackout in Venezuela is the consequence of looting, not sanctions”
The special representative of the USA blamed the regime of Nicolás Maduro for the electric power cut that more than 20 hours ago in the dark practically the whole country
“I do not accept the argument that the causes of economic problems in Venezuela are our sanctions,” Elliott Abrams told a press conference. “The sanctions are much newer than the cuts,” he said of the blackout that has kept the Caribbean country dark for more than 20 years.
The Trump official reacted after the regime of Nicolás Maduro accused “the empire” of being behind an “electrical war”. For Abrams, the actions of the US only seek to achieve the “institutionalization” of Venezuela: “The current situation is the result of years of corruption and ineptitude of this regime, and the solution is to replace it with a democratic government.”
Venezuela is paralyzed more than 20 hours ago by the massive blackout that affects the majority of the country. According to the local press, the blackout affects practically all of Venezuela. Telephone lines and internet stopped working.
The emergency collapsed Internet services, public transport, water supply (large sectors rely on electric pumps to feed their tanks for rationing) and gasoline, so the government suspended the workday and classes.
After more than 21 hours of power cuts, the health unions also reported difficulties in caring for patients in hospitals. Without communication and dead cell phones, a group of residents of Los Palos Grandes, in Caracas, got up early to line up and recharge their devices in a solar panel in a public square.
In the same line that Abramas had reacted the Secretary of State Mijke Pompeo. “There is no food, there are no medicines, now there is no energy, then there will be no Maduro,” he said from his account of the same social network that the dictator used.
With information from Infobae.
