Venezuela: Carora residents block highway over broken Corpoelec power outage deal

Days after signing an agreement with state utility Corpoelec to restructure outages and prioritize critical sectors, residents of Carora resumed protests and blocked the Centroccidental highway after prolonged blackouts returned and a scheduled follow-up meeting was not held. The incident underscores the fragility of ad-hoc service agreements amid Venezuela's chronic grid instability. It signals persistent infrastructure failure and social unrest risk in the region.