40 days of blackouts hit Venezuela amid economic crisis

The lights are going out in Venezuela

by Rafael Romo and Patrick Gillespie   @CNNMoney

Government officials announced Thursday that they would begin rolling blackouts for 40 days in cities across Venezuela, starting next week. The move will help save power at a time when water levels at the country's main electric dam are at record lows.

The government says the El Nino weather pattern and drought are to blame. Outside experts say mismanagement and a corrupt government have been the root cause.
"The blackouts are just more evidence of an utterly dysfunctional government," says Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington research group. "This is a government that is not governing." .......To Read More.....

My Take - Okay.....so where's Sean Penn and the rest of his Hollywood commie buddies now?  Remember when they were all praising this bunch of corrupt incompetents?  So tell me.....do you feel the Bern?