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Venezuela electricity crisis expands to national scale

13 clusters · 51 sources · last updated 1 day ago

Latest: Barinas residents charged after protesting electricity outages

The electricity crisis in Venezuela has expanded to a national scale, with instability affecting 99% of households in Zulia, 98% in the Andes, and 82% in Caracas. Recent voltage fluctuations and blackouts have impacted m

2026-2027 El Niño intensifies heat, floods in Latin America

21 clusters · 289 sources · last updated 8 days ago

Latest: Táchira residents protest electricity diversion to Caracas

By mid-August 2026, the 2026–2027 El Niño event continued to intensify, with Venezuela reporting temperature increases of at least two degrees Celsius. Vice Minister José Ramón Pereira Bastida noted that this spike, exac

Venezuela power grid and industrial recovery efforts

29 clusters · 95 sources · last updated 19 days ago

Latest: Venezuela power grid faces vulnerability as only 21% of thermoelectric plants operate

Following a double earthquake on June 24, Venezuela is accelerating efforts to rehabilitate its National Electric System (SEN). Technical teams from Corpoelec are working 24 hours a day to repair infrastructure across ce