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Lucas Koerner: 'The Situation on the Ground Has Been Mostly Calm'

VA's Lucas Koerner was invited by RT to give an update on the situation on the ground in Caracas following a massive power outage.

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Mar 13th 2019 at 3.13pm

Venezualanlysis' Lucas Koerner talked to RT about the recent massive power outage in Venezuela, as electricity is being slowly restored across the country. In contrast to the mainstream media depictions of a post-apocalyptic landscape, the streets were mostly calm, he explained.

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