Nicolás Maduro ordered to ration the light and blamed the United States and the opposition for the last blackout

The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced ration days to stabilize the electrical systemafter a fire last Monday, affected the entire energy network of the country. The government attributed the blackout to a attack with a rifle on the initiative of US President Donald Trump and the opposition Juan Guaidó.

"We are going to spend days where we will have to move to the conscious management of freight, organized, to stabilize the system until we rebuild everything that they burned, "Maduro told the national VTV channel last night.

The President reiterated that he hoped to restore power in the coming hours and fully stabilize the service as soon as possible.

Maduro said Monday afternoon's fire had been caused in the country's power plant transformation park, Guri hydroelectric power plant, "he took a rifle from a steep area"

"The attacked place, which was burned down, is a vital place for the transmission of electricity in the country," he added.

Maduro said Venezuela was virtually paralyzed for three days due to lack of energy,profits American imperialism and evil right"both" behind this attack ", which aimed" to cause a great shot that left us several weeks without light ".

"Behind that is the hand of the President of the United States, Donald Trump," he accused.

Maduro stated that there was evidence to support its version as being used in the Guri hydroelectric plant and that the type of long-range rifle used "probably by a sniper" had been determined, local media and EFE and Europe news agencies reported. Press on.

Meanwhile, Guaidó, the self-proclaimed president in charge of Venezuela, recognized by some fifty countries, called last night organize new events for power outages and prepare a final plan to get Maduro out of power.

"We call this Saturday all over the country to reject the refusal of electricity," said the new anti-Chavez leader.

At a press conference held in the west of Caracas, Mr Guaidó asked Venezuelans to include in their demands on Saturday the "cessation of the usurpation", one of the promises with which he was sworn in January as the president responsible for "illegitimacy" in which Maduro engages.

Guaidó asked members of the armed forces, the police and public institutions, all led by Chavists, to also organize small groups, because, he said, "it was time to stir all States, all communities ".

Finally, he reiterated that "all options were on the table" in his desire to end 20 years of Chavismo and that he had the majority support of the international community to achieve this goal.