...he obviously doesn't care. More votes to be had in Caracas...better to leave the power on in Caracas and shaft Bolivar. Damn...this lack of power thingy can't help negotiate top dollar if your looking to sell the rights to a MOC in Bolivar State..

Popular rejection Heres cuts
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
If there is anything that match the Bolivar state, is in rejecting the inclusion of undisputed capital of the entity in the list of areas affected by the electricity rationing. For the ordinary citizen no doubt that Bolivar was marginalized, like the rest of the states with the president's decision to exclude the plan Caracas. Expressions such as France Arzola that said: "Enough of attacks against us, even when the city should pay the brunt of others," summarized the helplessness that filled the population.

Carolina Maffia
Photo Armando Rivas



The move has generated discontent among the population The measure applied to electricity rationing bolivarense capital, announced by the company Elebol socialist, was not well received on Friday by its residents, considering "other abuse" for the capital of Bolivar state, and an "abuse" for a region that is generating 70% of electricity.

In a tour of the old Angostura del Orinoco, where the same are settled all public authorities, and the same from where the Liberator Simón Bolívar made his famous speech of the Congress of Angostura, some people dared to regret the situation and acknowledge the Government of responsibility for that suffering power cuts forced by their lack of investment policies.

"Here you are paying such rationing is poor," said Isabel Tovar Montilla, a resident of the urbanization of El Peru, who disagreed with the suspension of electric service for four hours, which it believes is just another outrage to this city and harassed by blackouts surprise "and" violent cuts.

For this woman and "it is sufficient that the light always go, now we are forced to four hours." He blamed the national government to this crisis, and attributed to the lack of specific investment policies.

"Until when?"
For some Bolivar state the entity continues to "marginalized", especially when it comes to privileges and considerations, referring to the suspension of energy-saving plan for Caracas, while it is grounded in the rest of the country, especially in the municipality Heres.

For Teresa Parrucho, del Barrio El Mirador in La Sabanita, "it is sufficient to subject us to bad service, and also consider an" abuse "against a city, where" we have suffered enough and every time there is a blackout .

Parrucho listed the damages they have generated among the population the power cuts, from spoiled food to electrical burns, no one answer for this.

"Enough of attacks against us, how much this city has to pay the piper," said Arzola France for its part, showing his anger, lashing at the rationing of four hours, which considered a "cruelty" against the city . "It's not even an hour, but four," he said.

Micaela Duarte de San Jose de Piar, parish José Antonio Páez, protested the fact that this city is referred to the "agony" without power for so long. "Eleven years and now suffer from electrical problems are doubled with this ration cuts," he said.

Rosa Gil, the Barrio La Lucha, stopped showing no concern about these measures which, in his view, are a "backward for the country". Meanwhile, Gloria Torres, Brisas del Este, but said to ignore the rationing plan for this city, considered fatal.

For Silvia Master of The Sabanita, you can not agree with that "It takes electricity to one" and said all that needs suffer for the lack of this priority service to all people.