Guri system was attacked in the early hours of Friday
*Aggression attempted to liquidate Guri dam
*Executive VP and minister of electricity supervise that everything is going well
*Generated energy is controlled and distributed from the operations control room
*Ultra-right-wing plans and threats continue
*Attack on the electrical system is an attempted coup in full swing
*Guri’s control room monitors everything
*Aggression attempted to liquidate Guri dam
*Executive VP and minister of electricity supervise that everything is going well
*Generated energy is controlled and distributed from the operations control room
*Ultra-right-wing plans and threats continue
*Attack on the electrical system is an attempted coup in full swing
*Guri’s control room monitors everything
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00:00President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro sent a message to the workers of the Simón Bolívar hydroelectric power plant who in less than 24 hours
00:06restored the electric service at the attack to the heart of the Guri system that left the country without power. The report with Madeline García.
00:16The view does not reach the majesty of the Simón Bolívar hydroelectric power plant, considered the fourth largest in the world.
00:23This is where electricity is produced for the entire country.
00:35The road leads us to the heart of the Guri system that was attacked in the early hours of Friday,
00:41August 30, two days after the presidential elections that ratified Nicolás Maduro as president of Venezuela.
00:48Beneath these great walls are the turbines that generate the electricity produced by the Caroni River,
00:58which is dammed here in the state of Bolívar, in the southeast of the country.
01:03This time the aggression attempted to liquidate this dam, unlike in 2019, which was the first large-scale attack on the system.
01:16Because it went directly to the Guri, it went directly to the main busbar, and when we say main busbar,
01:24it is the main source of generation of the country, and that immediately brings as a consequence a cascade effect in all of the rest of the country,
01:32and of course in all the national geography, because this is an interconnected system.
01:37The transmission lines that come from Guri to El Tigre were attacked,
01:41and that brought as a consequence an action of some equipment in which a destabilization of the frequency was produced.
01:52Executive Vice President Elsie Rodríguez and the Minister of Electricity arrived here.
01:57They supervised that everything is going well in the different areas.
02:04This is the operations command room of the Guri distribution yard.
02:08From here, the energy generated in the powerhouse of the hydroelectric plant is controlled and distributed and transmitted to the center, east and west of the country.
02:22We must be alert to these perverse extremist plans.
02:27The whole world on alert.
02:29The plans of the Venezuelan ultra-right wing and the threats do not cease.
02:33This is how they left a record of what the attacks was able to break in.
02:39A political leadership that has the task of coordinating what is done inside and what is done outside,
02:45surrounding the hostage taker as it is done when you have a prolonged hostage situation,
02:50cutting off his water and electricity.
02:53They are the operators of the United States in Venezuela,
02:57who are facing an escalation of aggression and attempted coup d'etat that is still in full swing and is now being expressed in the electrical system.
03:06No one is going to stop this country.
03:08What is coming are years of prosperity and well-being for us.
03:13This is the Guri control room where everything is monitored.
03:17It is the brain.
03:18That day at dawn, the workers, technicians and experts did not stop,
03:23since a 19-year-old girl who is part of the team had never experienced a similar situation.
03:36I was very nervous, but we tried as much as possible to solve and resolve the situation and to be there for our people.
03:45I want to bring you a message of gratitude from the President,
03:48because the Corpoelec workers have always been on the front line in defense of the Venezuelan people
03:52and we know the tremendous effort they have given.
03:57President Maduro sent a message to all his workers, Venezuela remains under siege.
04:05With the determination of the ultra-right wing, extremism, and now fascism,
04:11and the gringos to attack in order to destroy the walled earth that provides electricity to our country from Guyana,
04:18maximum commitment, maximum commitment to the homeland, maximum loyalty, maximum technical capacity,
04:26in record time, in a safe, stable and very robust manner,
04:32the electric service was delivered to the people of Venezuela.
04:35My gratitude.
04:41Investigations continue to find the perpetrators and masterminds of this new attack on the electrical system.