Venezuela suffers prolonged power outages, sparking cacerolazo protests in El Tigre

Residents in the southern Anzoátegui city of El Tigre endured up to six‑hour electricity cuts on 29 July, prompting a spontaneous cacerolazo in Plaza Lisboa. Miraida Meléndez described daily blackouts that have lengthened from four to six hours, often occurring twice a day, damaging appliances and compromising food storage. The interruptions affected the La Guarapera and California circuits, impacting households in Simón Rodríguez and Guanipa municipalities, and residents called on the state utility Corpoelec for immediate action.

Similar outages persisted across Carabobo state. Neighbors in Naguanagua, Valencia and San Diego reported multiple, intermittent blackouts lasting several hours, with fluctuations that threatened televisions, refrigerators and air‑conditioners. Authorities had announced that the Termocarabobo thermoelectric plant would add 150 MW to the national grid – later followed by another 150 MW – but the promised capacity had not yet materialised, leaving the community without stable supply. Vice‑president of Public Works Juan José Ramírez had earlier highlighted the planned additions, yet residents still faced frequent power losses.