Electrical experts misestimate that Ramiro Buckets, the Cuban military man who heads the commission designated by president Hugo Chavez to elaborate a solution to the energy crisis, contributes to the improvement of the National Electrical System.

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Ramiro repressive more reckless Buckets is considered one of “ ” of the Cuban regime

Miguel Lara, ex- chief of a main directorate of Office of Operation of Systems Interconnected (Opsis), expressed that “this Sir not goes to contribute nothing to crisis, because the Cubans do not have experticia in the matter of office hydrothermal because they do not have rivers like the Caroní, either have thermal plants like Tacoa and Planta Center. In any case he could be that he gives lineamientos him of how the Venezuelans we can accustom us to the rationing like in Cuba”.

Lara, with more than thirty years of experience in the sector, thinks that the arrival of Buckets “is a ridicule to the national engineering that has been of outpost in all areas” and that “more than a ridicule is a slap for the engineers who serve present to the Government because they are saying to them incapable”.

Ex- minister of Transport and Comunicaciones and electrical expert, Caesar Quintini, I comment “I do not know it - to Buckets but I understand that she does not have experience in the direct electrical system, although yes was involved in the purchase of electromechanical equipment, which yes is interesting is that Cuba does not have important hidrogeneración, as soon as it has a plant of 40 megavatios”.

It adds that the fixed generation of Cuba as soon as it arrives at the 3 thousand megavatios, and to a large extent is subsidized by Venezuela, thanks to the sale of fuels to preferential prices.

For Quintini it is evident that this new civil servant does not come to take care of the problems technical. “I believe that the advising that goes to give has to do with things more of public order and that type of things of which Cuba has amplest experience”.

Other aims
The writer, journalist and analyst of the situation in Latin America, Carlos Montaner, also pronounced against the presence of Ramiro Buckets in the country and pointed his demurrage at “a repressive aim” very different from the one to collaborate with the solution of the electrical crisis.

“It is a terrible humiliation for the Venezuelans, for the military for the power apparatus who command to this gentleman (…) to impose the order in Venezuela”, Montaner said that considers that its designation is for “intimidating”, which is “the terrible news”.

They follow the problems
It is possible to remember that the country has an installed capacity of 23 thousand megavatios, but as soon as it has available about 14 thousand megavatios. The maximum demand of the 2,009 reached the 17,337 megavatios, which means that the National Electrical System does not support to the demand energetics.

The 70 percent of the electrical generation depends on the dams of the low Caroní. The rest covers the deficient thermoelectrial plants that use gas or fuels to work.

In view of this situation the hydroelectric generation confronts a considerable drought that puts in danger the production of the dams. Although the Government implanted the rationing and forced the saving of at least a 20 percent for the public company and prevailed, still the energy is insufficient to satisfy the requirements with the population.

“Antirevolutionary” fury

President Hugo Chavez at night rejected the critics of his adversaries, labeling them like “a set as stupidities” with which they look for to deceive the Venezuelans.

“What happens he is that when comes the Cubans, the contrarrevolucionaria fury immediately unties, madness this one and a set of stupidities”, indicated the governor in a telephone interview disclosed by Venezuelan of Television.

“They are stupidities which says… the town, I know that she does not do case to him to those stupidities”, declared.

It added that, besides Cuban advisers, commissions of Brazil and Argentina came to Venezuela to evaluate the crisis of electrical generation that affects the country, and recently a letter of intent” with the Chinese government “was signed “so that they advise to us and they provide thermoelectrial equipment to us with different dimensions, to armor the new system of generation, of electrical distribution in the country”. (AFP)

General displeasure

The inhabitants of Guayana think that the designation of Ramiro Buckets in the position of adviser of the Ministry of Electrical Energy does not benefit to the country and, on the contrary, implies that she misestimates to the technicians and professionals in this matter who designed the National Electrical System.

Caesar Camacho. “As long as he fulfills I see it well to the work, as long as he is thus. All this also depends on one like citizen, to save, of not wasting energy. To save energy is what it is due to do, as much in the residential thing as in the enterprise thing”.

Lester Batiste. “That gentleman was minister of the interior in Cuba, and minister of technology, but what Cuba of technology goes that is to say if it does not have technology and what it has is lightings. Here it has thousand of people enabled, but they are not with the Government and that is what it is happening”.

Sonalí Walter. “Here there are people prepared for that, but as he - Chávez- does what it gives the desire him, you know. I am in agreement with the saving, all we must contribute, because if imagínate, if all we are going to waste to take the opposite, in the end we are not we those that we paid the consequences”.

Natalie Muñoz. “In the country there are people enabled for this, I do not see necessary that they transfer more people for here. Hopefully it rains, that much is necessary so that the light does not go away. Yes some things had to become, he - Chávez- must take care of those of here, first those of here and soon those of outside”.

Revolutionary veteran

Ramiro Menéndez Buckets is a participant veteran of the Cuban revolution that began in 1953. It was born in Artemisa, province of Havana in 1932. When it had 21 years one got ready next to Fidel Castro in the armed movement that assaulted the Moncada Quarter, begin moving that would finish with the exit of Fulgencio dictator Batiste.

He was minister of the Interior of 1961-1968; vice-minister of the Armed Forces of 1968-1972; deputy prime minister for the sector Construcción of 1972-1976; vice-president of the Council of State of 1976-1986; again minister of the Interior of the 1979-1985 and vice-president of the Cabinet of 1976-1994.

In 1996 president of the enterprise group Copextel, ordered of the electronic and computer science imports is designated, that in the 2000 passed to be part of the Ministry of Computer science and the Communications.

The main creator of the censorship of Internet” in the island of Cuba” is considered “. Also he is feared because under his management in the Ministry of Interior he arrived to have 70 thousand political prisoners.