The state Electric Corporation (Corpoelec) denounced this Saturday a “new criminal sabotage” that caused “the fall of three transmission towers” in the state of Anzoátegui (this), after which, he assured, the technical personnel went to the area to restore the service in a “progressive and safe manner to the communities” affected, without specifying which ones.
According to a statement, the reported sabotage was intended to “destabilize an essential public service for the eastern people,” which, the company noted, “evidence the crudeness of an unconventional war that threatens the well-being” of Venezuelans.
However, Corpoelec continued, the country “continues to reaffirm, firmly and unequivocally, its conviction of being free and independent, advancing on its own path.”
“We urge the Venezuelan people to maintain confidence, certain that the dedication, commitment and patriotic consciousness of our workers will guarantee the continuity and efficiency of the service,” said the state company, which reported the beginning of “repair work” on the affected infrastructure.
Last September, Corpoelec reported two attacks against transmission lines in less than a week, which it attributed to what it calls an “electrical war promoted by groups that operate in the service of dark interests and destabilizing agendas,” without mentioning anyone in particular.
In any case, he then pointed out that these “attacks” occur in a scenario of “warlike and psychological escalation” by the “North American empire”, alluding to the United States, which has maintained a military deployment since August in the Caribbean Sea near Venezuela, seen by Chavismo as a “threat” to promote a “regime change.”
Venezuela constantly faces failures in the supply of electrical energy, especially in states far from Caracas, for which the government repeatedly blames the opposition, despite the fact that the military monitors the sector’s facilities.
For their part, opponents and experts denounce poor management, lack of maintenance and corruption as possible causes.
In February, the Ministry of Electric Energy denounced a “terrorist attack” against transmission towers in Anzoátegui, which it accused of the “extremist right”, which it also blamed for another action of this type in the state of Aragua (center) last May.
