Venezuela on Monday suffering from new problems with its electric grid, forcing power rationing in 19 of the 24 states, including the capital, probably until Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Electric Power, the cuts will be a minimum of three hours, while solving the shortcomings of the national electricity system in the west.
An electrical system failure on Monday left four states without power, and five partially affected, all close to the border with Colombia. Rationing has sparked unrest in Venezuela last year, around this time, suffered extensive power outages caused by the worst drought the country experienced in 45 years.
This year there have been several episodes of blackouts in different parts of the country due to lack of capacity to meet peak demand, an aspect in which the government works and investments. Electricity Minister Ali Rodriguez, acknowledged on 25 April that "maintenance problems" in the national electricity system were among the causes of the blackout that left without power much of the country on 7 April. 
An electrical system failure on Monday left four states without power, and five partially affected, all close to the border with Colombia. Rationing has sparked unrest in Venezuela last year, around this time, suffered extensive power outages caused by the worst drought the country experienced in 45 years.
This year there have been several episodes of blackouts in different parts of the country due to lack of capacity to meet peak demand, an aspect in which the government works and investments. Electricity Minister Ali Rodriguez, acknowledged on 25 April that "maintenance problems" in the national electricity system were among the causes of the blackout that left without power much of the country on 7 April.
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