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Venezuela says the blackout was caused by "an attack of electromagnetic character that sought to affect the hydroelectric system of Guyana, the main provider of service"

It was similar to cyber attacks in March/April, at the height of the US coup attempt aporrea.org/energia/n34484…
As far back as 2010, the US-funded regime-change organization that trained Venezuelan coup leader Juan Guaidó and his allies suggested using blackouts as a "watershed event" for "galvanizing public unrest" thegrayzone.com/2019/03/11/us-…
US government mouthpiece the New York Times recently admitted the US is targeting Russia's electrical grid, and deploying "cybertools more aggressively"

But even to suggest that the US is obviously doing the same against Venezuela is not permitted
nytimes.com/2019/06/15/us/…
The US has even boasted recently about carrying out cyber attacks on Iran.

But when all Venezuelan states are hit by a massive power outage all at once, of course everyone obediently blames the US-besieged and -blockaded Maduro government, never the US nytimes.com/2019/06/22/us/…
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