Nicolás Maduro's regime has only admitted two deaths due to "the direct impact" of the power outage in Venezuela

The President of the Constituent Assembly of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, examined the number two of the chavism in power, confirmed this Monday two dead following "direct impact"Of the blackout that left almost all Venezuela in the dark more than a week ago.

"According to my report, two people were killed by the direct impact of the blackout.Cabello said at a press conference during which he had acted as spokesman for the ruling Socialist Unity Party in Venezuela (PSUV), emphasizing that "fortunately"There were more victims to regret.

Without specifying the details of the deaths, Cabello indicated that the number of deaths was not higher because in hospitals "those who were in intensive care were helped manually"continue to breathe.

The hair figure is the first offered amidst the opacity of the government of Nicolás Maduro, which has not yet officially reported deaths or losses due to the breakdown.

On the afternoon of day 7, Venezuela suffered a mbadive power failure this affected most of the country and Nicolás Maduro's government was able to control only five days later.

Cabello insisted that the blackout had occurred after a "terrorist attack led by the United States"

According to Maduro, a "cyber attack"From the United States to the control room of the Guri hydroelectric plant, the largest in Venezuela, caused a failure that then spread to the entire network.

The opposition blamed the inefficiency and mismanagement of the millionaire resources for the electricity sector as the real causes of the blackout.

Olivares estimated that 26 people died in hospitals because of the power outage

At least 26 people died in Venezuela's hospitals during the 72-hour blackout that was in the country the week of March 7 to 11, denounced Monday in Bogota the opposition MP José Manuel Olivares.

"These 26 dead people who were sadly discriminated against or reported on social networks. It is important that they understand that during this period, on average 55% of hospitals in our country were without electricity, "Olivares said at a press conference.

Olivares, who is also a doctor, explained that the lives of some of those who died "depended on a machine"and not counting the medical center with a plant, they died.

In other hospitals, there was a power station and in all cases several patients died.

Among them, he cited the case of a cancer patient in a military hospital who "had a haemorrhage" while he was on the second floor.

It had to be mobilized but there was no elevator because "the plant is only used to maintain the urgency and the intensive therapy could not be transferred and would lose the life"

Regarding the current situation in Venezuela's hospitals, it is said that doctors who report what is happening are threatened and fired.

Up to here Medical NGO for health, a five-year-old organization to record the failures of the 40 largest hospitals in the country, reported that 21 people had died because of the power outage.

Dr. Julio Castro, one of the spokespersons of this organization, distributed on his Twitter account a list of people who died until 21:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on March 10, despite the fact that the Nicolás Maduro's government denied that there are deaths in hospitals caused by the blackout.

According to the organization, 15 people reportedly died as a result of power outages at the Manuel Núñez Tovar hospital in Maturín, Monagas State, while four people were reported to have died in Caracas, all of them dead. newborns.

(With EFE information)