Venezuela Endures Second Widespread Blackout of the Month
Another blackout struck the country of Venezuela nationwide except for a few small areas, making it the second large scale blackout to occur this month. The last blackout lasted for 4-6 days in some areas, with looting taking place. Many businesses have been having to close up early, in order to prevent any further looting. While Maduro blames the blackout on a conspiracy by the US government and their “puppet” Guaido, it is suspected by experts that the blackouts are due to a technical or mechanical failure.
This article was written by Reuters, who has done extremely well on reporting on this volatile situation. It is horrendous for a country such as Venezuela to not own up to the country’s own failure and playing the victim, inventing insane crackpot theories, as opposed to doing something to properly address this issue in the country. The country has endured years of economic hardship and half the population has no way to make a living.
This situation reminds me of the scramble for some sort of action following the initial start of the Great Depression. Hoover, who was president at the time, had no clue how to handle the situation, so he ended up not doing much of anything, much like the current president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, whose inaction to the economic crisis in Venezuela has actually increased the gravity of said crisis. I hope some action can be taken to prevent further human suffering in the country, like it finally was in America.
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