48-hour blackout in Venezuela: Nicolás Maduro admitted that unsuccessful attempts to restore the electrical connection

The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, had to admit this Saturday that a new "cyberattack" thwarted the process of reconnecting electricity, in the middle of a gigantic blackout that lasts more than 48 hours.

"Today, March 9th we had advanced nearly 70%, when we received at noon another attack of cybernetic character at one of the sources of the generation it worked perfectly and that disrupted and reversed all realizedMaduro said in front of a crowd of supporters in downtown Caracas.

The failure affects Caracas and 22 of the country's 23 states, so the socialist leader asked for patience. In addition, NetBlocks Internet Observatory released this Saturday that the second resulted in Internet service interruption in 96% of the country.

"I hope the reconnection process will be final and stable for most Venezuelans in the next few hours. I ask to understand "Maduro said.

Agree with Maduro, there is talk of "electromagnetic attacks against the transmission lines" of the Guri dam, (located in the state of Bolívar, south), the largest hydroelectric plant in the country.

The ruler announced a contingency plan who contemplates the Mbadive distribution of food and drinking water from Mondayand special badistance in hospitals.

He also badured that In the last six years, more than 150 substations have been damaged as part of what he calls "an electric war" and 200 people died "charred" for manipulating the infrastructure.

Maduro repeated that "the attack" was the work of the United States – using "high-tech" weapons – and Venezuelan oppositionled by Juan Guaidó, recognized as Venezuela's interim president by more than 50 countries, whom he called "clown" and "self-proclaimed puppet".

"Everything has its moment and you know that my pulse does not tremble to do justice"he said, addressing a protester shouting at him, referring to Guaidó: "Take him prisoner!"

According to Maduro, the attacks he denounces have been the support of "infiltrators" in the state electricity company and promised to identify them and "punish copies".

The power outages in Venezuela are recurrent for a decade. Experts accuse the government of not investing in infrastructure and fighting corruption, but Maduro and senior officials are constantly denouncing sabotage.