Venezuela Suffers Major Blackout

A massive blackout left more than half of Venezuela without electricity on Friday afternoon, according to news reports.

The blackout affected as many as 13 Venezuelan states, leaving around 60% of the country without electricity, the local newspapers El Universal and El Nacional reported. A cut in the electricity line between San Gerónimo and La Arenosa in the state of Guarico was reportedly responsible for the outage

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"It seems like there are some problems, we are going to investigate the problems we are having with electrical service in some parts of the country," President Nicolas Maduro said in a speech, according to Reuters. Read more...

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