Fuel shortages, driven by the blockade and energy trade restrictions, have culminated in two island-wide blackouts in recent days.
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Rena Rowe,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Mar. 2026
But at Ramey — an Air Force base that was closed 50 years ago but reopened in August, and where Maduro was reportedly transferred from special forces aircraft to the USS Iwo Jima — blackouts are becoming longer and more widespread.
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