Delcy Rodríguez announces negotiations with Siemens and General Electric due to electricity crisis in Venezuela

Caracas.- The acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, reported this Sunday on negotiations with companies Siemens and General Electric to resolve the electricity crisis in Zulia state (northwest, bordering Colombia), thanks to the "diplomatic dialogue" built in the last months of rapprochement with the United States. "Thanks to that diplomatic dialogue, I can say that we are now in direct contact with Siemens and General Electric to solve the electricity problem in Zulia state," he said during an event held in a theater in this region, broadcast by the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV). The Chavista leader, who assumed office after the capture of Nicolás Maduro last January in Caracas by US forces, pledged to "solve the problems" of Zulia, assuring that she is not unaware of the situation in the state. "When the power goes out here in the early hours of the morning, I don't sleep either, there are my conversations with the governor (of Zulia, Luis Caldera), I know what's going on," she said.

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Venezuela's Conversations with Siemens and General Electric

The president pointed out that after January 3 of this year, when Maduro was captured along with his wife, Cilia Flores, amid a series of attacks on Venezuelan soil, it was decided to "open a new chapter in national political life", as well as "a new chapter in geopolitics" and in Venezuela's international relations that "also includes the United States". Therefore, he celebrated the conversations with the transnational companies as a result of these efforts and one of the "good news" for the nation.

Last February, after a meeting in Caracas with the U.S. Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, Rodríguez indicated that they discussed projects in oil, gas, mining, and electric energy, and noted that the delegation that accompanied the North American official had met with a Venezuelan team, in order to "advance as quickly as possible".

"Defined Projects"

In that sense, the president, who established a long-term energy partnership with the U.S., then stated that her government already has "the defined projects" on the electrical issue and that she hoped they would materialize "very soon".

In March, Rodríguez appointed Rolando Alcalá as Minister of Electric Energy, an electrical engineer from the Simón Bolívar University - one of the main educational institutions in the South American country - and "specialist in electrical projects". The official led this Sunday in Zulia the beginning of the thirteen-day pilgrimage that she convened to demand an end to the sanctions.