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Venezuela’s most populated areas suffer another major blackout

Monday, April 11th 2011 - 05:54 UTC
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Blackouts blamed on forest fires left without power whole areas of north and central Venezuela, including Caracas, officials said. The power outages began last Thursday due to the collapse of electrical lines located 250 kilometres west of Caracas, Electricity Minister Ali Rodriguez said. Read full article

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  • yul

    You have --5.8 trillions cubic mt proven natural gas reserves.
    You would build Natural Gas - Energy power plants.

    Apr 11th, 2011 - 02:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GeoffWard

    Perhaps somebody could tell Chavez that you can 'make' electricity using natural gas, or even oil.
    His problem might be lack of knowledge.

    Apr 11th, 2011 - 11:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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