The prolonged power outages and sudden changes in voltage that Táchira has been experiencing for more than a month have forced the cessation of transmission of some stations in the state. All sectors of the region have been affected by the lack of electricity; even religious have spoken about it
“The Táchira radios are turning off,” commented a radio listener to The nation. Sónica 95.7 FM, located in the Hernández parish of the Samuel Darío Maldonado municipality, is an example of this situation, he said.
The prolonged power outages and sudden changes in voltage that have been experienced in the entity for more than a month have forced the cessation of transmission of some state stations for fear of damage to the equipment.
“Sónica 95.7 FM was forced, on Monday and Tuesday, to turn off the equipment due to severe electrical failures and voltage drops that arose,” a member of the work team of that medium told the regional newspaper. Communication.
On Sunday, April 10, the instability of the electricity supply and the prolonged cuts made users desperate. On Monday, April 11, the situation did not improve: countless blackouts were recorded in some sectors, accompanied by low and high light intensity. On Tuesday, April 12, the panorama was similar; reviewed The nation.
According to information provided by the governor of the entity, Freddy Bernal (PSUV), the recent and prolonged power outages in Táchira are due to the low water level of the Uribante-Caparo reservoir, one of the main energy providers in the region. .
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“A power surge burned out the stereo generator”
The Neblina 95.1 FM station in El Cobre, José María Vargas municipality, has also been affected by power failures: on Sunday, April 10, a problem occurred with the stereo generator that took them off the air.
The radio technical team carried out maneuvers to try to resume the signal. Until Wednesday the 14th they were still off; explained Nelson Duque, a station worker
“A power surge burned out the stereo generator. The protectors could not withstand the intensity, ”explained Duque.
History repeats itself in Queniquea, Sucre municipality, the Dinámica 88.9 FM station had to stop for fear of suffering damage. According to Yohan Contreras, director of the radio station, the problem was caused by electricity fluctuations.
Radio has been one of the most attacked media in the Venezuela of Chavismo. The recent report Dancing in the Dark, from the Press and Society Institute of Venezuela (IPYS), lays bare the way in which local and independent stations have been closed in Venezuela to censor their information or opinion content. Failures in public services is another way of silencing a media outlet.
“Power cuts violate human rights” in Táchira
This Wednesday, April 13, in the celebration of the Eucharist for the Nazarene, in the Santísimo Salvador ecclesiastical parish in Pueblo Nuevo de San Cristóbal, the priest priest Gustavo Alexander Roa, in the homily denounced the abuse of the Government by the electrical cuts that They are presenting in Táchira.
“We have a government that is not capable of responding to these needs and they have a position that has forgotten the people, here the only one who has not forgotten the people is called Jesus Christ,” said the priest.
He also pointed out that he was not talking about politics, “I am talking about the Social Doctrine of the Church that Saint John Paul II spoke so much about; like Monsignor Oscar Romero, who became a martyr for denouncing the violation of the Human Rights of Salvadorans»; he reviewed The nation.
The Andean state has been one of the hardest hit by the Bolivarian revolution and has suffered constant and prolonged power cuts for a month, a situation that has worsened this week. All sectors of the region have been affected, especially kidney patients; and while the government insists that it is due to a weather problem, the former president of Desurca points out the lack of maintenance and investment in the reservoir.
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