Siemens and General Electric hesitate to repair Venezuela's electricity service due to lack of payment guarantees

Potential suppliers for Venezuela's electricity industry, including Siemens Energy and GE Vernova, met with officials in Caracas in April, but returned "skeptical" due to the lack of clarity regarding payment for their services to maintain the country's power grid.

The executives showed reluctance toward the plan, sources indicated to Reuters.

"I returned from Venezuela very skeptical," said one of the attendees at the meeting. "The power plants have not received adequate maintenance for 10 years, so the needs are practically infinite. But they still have no idea how they will pay us."

The government of Delcy Rodríguez recently rejected a proposal from a group of foreign companies seeking advance payment for initial repairs and spare parts, citing legal obstacles, according to Reuters.

ترامپ: ایران اکنون اشتباه بسیار بزرگی مرتکب شد، شاید بزرگ‌ترین اشتباه در تاریخ خود!

رهگیری موشک های کروز رژیم جمهوری اسلامی توسط امارات

⚡️UAV, ammunition and fuel depots and enemy air defense facilities were hit, - General Staff

🔥 UAV depot in Donetsk and Kamianets hit, as well as an enemy UAV control point in the Novogrodivka area of ​​Donetsk region.

💥 AFU struck ammunition depot in Sofiivka (Zaporizhzhia region), a fuel and lubricants depot and a material and technical equipment depot in the Dovzhansk area, as well as a field artillery depot in the Novoselivka area of ​​the Luhansk region.

🔥 Destruction of Pantsir-S1 in the Novy Svit area (Donetsk region) and P-18 Terek radar station in Sofiivka (Zaporizhzhia region) was confirmed.

⚠️"Мегафон" и Т2 предупреждают московских абонентов о возможных ограничениях интернета

"Рекомендуем в этот период использовать вайфай. Мы понимаем, как важно оставаться на связи, поэтому обычные звонки продолжат работать без изменений", - отметили в "Мегафоне".

"В целях безопасности на территории Москвы в преддверии майских праздников могут быть ограничения работы мобильного интернета, отправки и получения SMS", - говорится в смс-рассылке компании, пришедшей корреспонденту "Интерфакса" в понедельник.

"Это не зависит от T2 и работоспособности наших сетей", - добавили в компании.

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UAE attacked before Iran did:

This is 3 hours ago

https://x.com/i/status/2051288204742177010

🇺🇦 "Will there be a truce on May 9? We haven't received a response from the Russians to our signals about what they want: silence for the parade or something more," - emphasized RBC-Ukraine source.

❗️A source tells CNN's reporter in Dubai that they expect US/Israeli strikes on Iran within the next 24 hours

US guidance for shipping: stick to the Omani coast, call the Omanis.

That's it.