"Operation Liberty": thousands of people demonstrate in the streets of Venezuela in the absence of light

Most Venezuelans went back to sleep in the dark last night an electric break around 19:00 local time (23:00 GMT) he closed millions of homes in Caracas and in almost all 23 states of the country.

The decision came one day before the demonstration called by the Leader of the Opposition, Juan Guaidówho has proclaimed himself as interim president of Venezuela and is recognized as such by some 60 nations, for reject the increase in power cuts that this month have paralyzed the country for 10 days.

Until now, the government of Nicolás Maduro has not been pronounced by the most recent power outages that, according to their own accounts, comes after four "sabotage"held between March 7 and 25, all the responsibilities of the Venezuelan opposition and the US administration, according to Chavez.

"Let's make outrage a mobilization. Let's go out into the streets of every community to reject the lack of light and water and create committees of help and freedom. We must be ready and organized to stop the usurpation!"Guaidó said on Twitter.

Then he retweeted a message from the deputy minister Winston Flores, who had announced the points of concentration.

The night of this Friday intermittency was recorded for several seconds which ended up permanently turning off the light in communities of eastern states such as Anzoategui, in the west like Zulia, in the north as Aragua and those close to Caracas: Miranda and Vargas.

Local media and anti-Hex leadership say that 21 of the country's 23 states have been affected by this latest power outage, a figure similar to those recorded during the seventh day cut, which lasted a week, or the 25th, which was resolved after 72 hours.

Guaidó, president of the Venezuelan Parliament, on Friday led an event to the west of Caracas, in which reiterated its call to demonstrate Saturday across the country against power outages and against the usurpation that, considers, Nicolás Maduro of the presidency.

In this activity, a group of people who identified themselves as supporters of the ruling party activated a tear gas and He harangued against Guaidó's supporters this ended the rally unharmed and celebrated the announcement of the imminent entry into the country of humanitarian aid.