October 1, 2024

Fuente: News All Now

And new national blackout woke up Venezuelans on Friday, August 30, but that would only mark the beginning of constant ups and downs of light that would become part of everyday life: eIn September, more than 20 electrical failures were recorded in Venezuela.

In NTA Throughout September, we documented the electrical failures that occurred in Venezuela (and with great frequency in Caracas), recording a total of 27 incidents in this service.

These failures are a problem that has plagued Venezuelans in the interior for years. However, after the blackout, Caracas has not been free from that hardship. Specifically, the people of Caracas woke up again without electricity on Sunday, September 1, the month that He welcomed them in the dark and in silence. It was the Cumbres of Curumo, Santa Mónica, La Boyera, Bello Monte, Las Acacias, El Hatillo, Los Chaguaramos, El Valle and the northern part of Macaracuay that woke up without light.

Through Xusers report almost daily the different electrical failures, the most frequent of them being power outages. These fluctuations seem to have been committed to arriving almost daily after 3:30 in the afternoon. It became a constant in at least 20 states of Venezuela that there was “a downturn” minutes before or after 4 in the afternoon. A problem that even tends to repeat itself more than three times in less than twenty minutes.

This situation worries citizens, since precisely these types of fluctuations are what usually “burn out” electrical devices. The most worrying thing? The authorities do not comment about what is happening or the possible solutions to the constant failures of the electrical service.

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The latest public opinion study, carried out by the Center for Political and Government Studies of the UCAB with the pollster Delphos, revealed that Edmundo González Urrutia, candidate of the Democratic Unitary Platform, has a voting intention of 59.1%, while Nicolás Maduro is at 24.6%.

The study, which was carried out between July 5 and 11, with people over 18 years of age registered in the Electoral Registry through direct interviews, was presented at the Prospectiva Venezuela 2024-II Semester event held by the Center for Political Studies and of Government of the UCAB.

Félix Seijas, director of Delphos, explained that, of the 1,200 people consulted, 30.6% defined themselves as pro-government, 40% as opposition and 29.5% said they were not on any side.

He added that 71.3% of the sample thinks that a change of government is necessary or very necessary; 63% consider that the real capacity to achieve this objective lies in “ourselves” (the citizens), and for 86.9% this change is achieved by voting in the election.

Regarding the probability of going to vote as a synthetic variable, it is high for 48.2% of the sample; 5.5% medium high and 23.5% moderate. The current potential to go to vote is 53.7% (approximately 9.1 million people), which, if the 4 million of the moderate group are added, totals 13.1 million voters (77.1% of the electoral roll published by the CNE).

Regarding the intention to vote by probability of attending to vote, including the official participation, it is clear that in a segment with a high probability of participation, Edmundo González Urrutia (EGU) would have approximately 4.9 million votes and Nicolás Maduro (NM) 2 .9 million votes, which gives a difference of 2 million votes (25% in favor of the opposition).

In the participation scenario among those who have a high willingness to vote, EGU would obtain 5.4 million and NM 3 million, which generates a difference of 2.4 million votes (26% in favor of the opposition); and adding those with a high, medium and moderate disposition there would be 8.1 million votes for EGU and 3.7 million for NM, a difference of 4.4 million (34% in favor of the opponent).

Regarding expectations regarding July 28, 26.7% of those interviewed believe that Maduro wins and remains in power; for 20.8% the opposition wins, but Maduro continues; 35% think that the opposition wins and there will be change; 2.8% that there will be no election and 14.4% do not know what will happen. In this sense, 46.8% say they are willing to protest if fraud is committed in the election.