The New York Times persists in blaming the Maduro administration for the blackout caused by U.S. sabotage. Nicholas Casey's lurid "Venezuela Was Crumbling. A Blackout Tipped Parts of It Into Anarchy.," appeared in the Saturday national edition. The passage devoted to identifying the cause of the massive multi-day power outage blames a brush fire:
The spectacular power failure was most likely result of a simple brush fire that destabilized the country’s electrical grid, union leaders said. It underscored the lack of maintenance of key infrastructure and the years of mismanagement of the country’s economy, which have become the twin hallmarks of the nation’s economic collapse.Anonymous "union leaders" become anonymous "local electrical engineers" in a Reuters story, "Venezuela's Guaido launches national tour in 'new phase' to oust Maduro," which appeared Saturday:
Maduro has blamed a U.S. cyberattack for the outage, and this week the country’s chief prosecutor asked the Supreme Court to probe Guaido for alleged involvement in “sabotage” of the country’s electricity system. But local electrical engineers told Reuters the blackout was the result of years of lack of maintenance.I think it's pretty obvious that these anonymous sources are opposition figures peddling lies to cover their Yankee masters' asses. Collapsing a nation's power grid certainly qualifies as a crime against humanity.
Nicholas Casey was back at it on Sunday with his latest info-war salvo, "‘It Is Unspeakable’: How Maduro Used Cuban Doctors to Coerce Venezuela Voters," a story built out of quotes from Cuban defectors.
The fact is that the U.S.-led Guaido-fronted Venezuelan opposition has been getting shellacked, even with the full power of the Western mainstream media monopoly filling the air with flak.
The New York Times might despise Trump, but it's willing to fetch the water when it comes to generating cover for yet another regime change campaign.
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