Venezuela's Blackout the Result of Sabotage

While The New York Times continues to pitch the sabotage of Venezuela's Guri hydroelectric plant as a Maduro administration lie, a desperate conspiracy theory meant to shield a tottering regime from responsibility, a Reuters story appeared yesterday, "Venezuela seeks to restore power amid looting; China offers help," confirmed, to my mind at least, that the power plant was in fact sabotaged:

China on Wednesday offered to provide help and technical support to restore electricity, and backed Maduro’s assertion that the problem was the result of sabotage.

China, always so reticent to pick sides in international disputes, is willing to stake Maduro on this. That's big. Yes, China has significant investments in the country. Regardless of that, the PRC is willing to joust directly with the USA not in the South China Sea but in Uncle Sam's "backyard."

Niqnaq features Colonel Cassad's take, "Eclipse in Venezuela: a crime against humanity."