Portal:Current events/2019 March 7

March 7, 2019 (Thursday)

Disasters and accidents

Crisis in Venezuela
- A major power blackout leaves most of Venezuela without electricity, including the capital Caracas. At least 18 of Venezuela's 23 states have reported blackouts. Venezuelan news website El Pitazo blames failures at Simón Bolívar hydroelectric plant; state TV blames anti-government saboteurs. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis
- American journalist at WPLG, Cody Weddle, is released from Venezuela after being detained early Wednesday. (CBS News) (Fox News)
Trials of Paul Manafort
- Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort is sentenced to 47 months in federal prison for eight counts including tax fraud and bank fraud. (CBS News)
Buffalo Billion
- Joe Percoco, former aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, is denied bail and is expected to start his six-year prison term for bribery. (New York Post) (New York Daily News)