A new power cut affected several regions of Venezuela and the government denounced an "attack"

A power failure has affected several regions of Venezuela, including parts of the capital Caracas, according to witnesses Reuters, in a new fault two weeks after the longest power outage in decades, left much of the country in the dark.

The financial zone of Caracas and several neighborhoods, including the center where it is located, were without light. the presidential palace of Miraflores and several departments.

In the western states of Barinas, Lara, Merida and Táchira also reported the failure of the service and the center towns such as Valencia reported intermittent in the supply. The phone lines were unserviceable and the Caracas metro announced in a tweet that it had canceled the transport because of the "power outage".

After several hours without official communication, the government of Nicolás Maduro went to the border post and denounced the fact it was because of a new "attack" against the national electricity system.

According to the Minister of Communication, Jorge Rodríguez, this "sabotage" was at the center of the loading and transmission located in the Guri hydroelectric power station, south of the country. At the same time, he badured that the service is already being restored.

The opposition, for its part, denied this version and indicated that the failures of the electrical system were due to the lack of investment of theicialicialismo and corruption of Maduro's leadership.

Chavez's stance on an external attack from the United States also occurred during the last outage, the longest in Venezuela's history. During the almost seven days that Venezuelans were without light there have been failures in the drinking water service, looting, difficulties and the collapse of electronic banking services, which are essential in the face of a lack of liquidity in a hyperinflationary country.