Widespread Blackout Hits Venezuela, Gov’t Blames ‘Electromagnetic Attack’

Widespread Blackout Hits Venezuela, Gov’t Blames ‘Electromagnetic Attack’
A general view is seen during a blackout in Caracas, Venezuela July 22, 2019. Reuters/Manaure Quintero
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CARACAS—More than half of Venezuela’s 23 states lost power on July 22, according to witnesses and reports on social media, a blackout the government blamed on an “electromagnetic attack.”

It was the first blackout to include the capital, Caracas, since March, when the government blamed the opposition and United States for a series of power outages that left millions of people without running water and telecommunications.