The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Madurosaid this Friday that “an account called Anonymous” of “the extreme right“He had already threatened a national blackout, after a failure was recorded early this morning that left a large part of the country without electricity, caused – said the president – by a “heart attack” of the system of Gurithe main power generation facility located in the state Bolivar (south, bordering Brazil).
“An account called Anonymous, we already know who operated it, who hired it, who financed it.. I say no more. An Anonymous account at the service of the war of hate against Venezuela He threatened several times with a national blackout“Maduro said during a broadcast on state channel VTV.
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Likewise, the president showed an alleged publication in X of the “August 7th” which he linked to the group of hackers, which says “We apologize to the people of Venezuela for the attack that the national electrical system will receive”, while stating that the account is “anti-venezuelan” and “works directly with the CIA”.
The president said the aim of the attack was “liquidate” Guriwhich he blamed on “fascist currents” that “They pretended to be opposition”.
He assured that they have “the mechanisms that were used were determined“in the attack, but did not provide further details, because -he said- the investigation”is in full process” for “to be able to achieve justice in this case”.
“The investigations are advanced, accelerated, and will be deepened.“, he added.
The president assured that, behind this attack, there is “a war room of the fascists“which is -he said- in USA.
“There are technical details that I should not give, I don’t know if later, in the days to come.“, said.
The president reported that “More than 90% of the country’s supermarkets” were “activated” with their “self-generation plants”, as well as the “100% of popular and municipal markets” and “almost 60%” of the “general trade”, while the Internet service is “resetting”.
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He also stated that “Virtually 100% of the health system” worked with his “self-generation“electrical,” while assuring that a “bone marrow transplant in one of the hospitals of Caracas”, without specifying which one.
Maduro reported that the authorities remain in Guri for “restore normality“of the electric service for the people”continue to enjoy the right to peace”, although it did not offer an assessment of the electrical restoration in the country’s states.
The blackout on Friday affected most states, according to reports, and was the second in Venezuela after the one in March 2019, when a good part of the country was without electricity for four days, for which the Government pointed to the opposition and the United States and Colombialed then by Donald Trump and Ivan Dukerespectively.
