Venezuelans are piling up on the Caracas highways to pick up telephone and internet signals in the midst of the power outage

From yesterday, Tuesday, March 26, the ranks of cars proliferate along the roads and main roads of Caracas. Desperate, Venezuelans are looking for places where it is possible to use their mobile phone and talk with their family. Communicate, say they're fine, ask for help or just find out what's happening in the country, because the power outage is also informative: without light, there is no no news.

Cocuyo effect the details that in the afternoon of Tuesday they saw itrows of user vehicles looking for signs at the Altamira dealership on the Francisco Fajardo highway; Francisco de Miranda Avenue, in front of Movistar Tower; in La Castellana Square, where the Digitel building (telecommunication services companies) is located; or on the Prados del Est highwaye, where it was possible to better communicate with one of the country's three mobile operators.

"We have no light since last night, we have no blankets anywhere and that's the only part where there is a signal"Rosibel Pinera, a resident of Caracas told Reuters. She is sitting in the crate of a van parked on the shoulder of the Prados del Este highway.

The power outage, the second in less than a month, affects the entire country. The scope of the interruption is shown in this table provided by Netblocks.org, which traces the Internet stops in different countries and that many use in Venezuela due to the lack of official information provided by the Nicolás Maduro's diet. The group calculates that 91% of Venezuela has lost its Internet connection, a minimum still eclipsed by the worst of the blackout a week earlier this month.

Maduro and his government insisted that the electrical problems resulted from sabotage practices and sophisticated attacks from American and national opponents, while theIndustry experts and critics point to the lack of investment and maintenance. Schools are closed for the second day and the scheme has asked workers to stay at home.

With the new energy problems, hospitals, perishable food and water as well as the indignation and the feeling of incompetence of Venezuelans raise more and more concerns.

"The goods are damaged, there is no water, the transport does not work, there is no communication, I do not know what is happening with my family, insecurity is worsening", badped Néstor Carreño, manager of a pizzeria that had to close, in a neighborhood of Caracas.

Cacerolazos and corns broke out in protest from the beginning of the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, leaving the city in complete darkness. In many neighborhoods, light has come and gone, but there is no clear prospect of complete electrical recovery.

The oil producing country, which has 30 million inhabitants, is again in the dark a few days after the worst power outage in its history, which began on March 7 and lasted nearly a week.

In addition to the capital, the cup touches 21 of the 23 states, according to user reports on social networks. The socialist government does not usually report the impact of this type of emergency.

The mbadive breakdown of one week 20 days ago has hit hospitals hard, already punished for lack of supplies and drugs. According to the NGOs, a dozen patients died as a result of these cuts.

With information from AFP, Reuters and Bloomberg