Chavismo disqualified Guaidó for holding a public office and the opposition described him as false

The Office of the Controller of Venezuela resolved "Prohibition of exercising any public office with the citizen (Juan Guaidó) for the maximum period fixed by law", 15, said government controller Elvis Amoroso on government television.

Immediately during a political rally, the opposition leader described the measure as a "farce" and ignored the sanction alleging that Amoroso had been appointed by the Constituent Assembly of Chavista, which he considered illegitimate.

"This is not a controller, it is not (…), nor is there any disqualification (…) Legitimate Parliament is the only one who can designate a controller, "said Guaidó.

The government of The United States regarded disqualification as "ridiculous". "It's absurd, it's ridiculous," said spokesman for the US State Department Robert Palladino.

The Comptroller 's Office alleges that, in its financial statements, Guaidó did not justify the expenditures made in the country and abroad, funds being supposed to come from abroad.

"He made more than 91 trips out of the territory with a cost exceeding 310 million bolivars (about 94,000 dollars), without justifying the source of income"he badured.

The Office of the Comptroller, which monitors and has the power to punish state officials, announced Feb. 11 the opening of an investigation against the legislator for receiving international funding.

Wednesday, Guaidó called to protest next Saturday for the mbadive power cuts that have hit the country since March 7.

In response, Maduro called for "a great mobilization across the country" against what qualifies as a "new criminal attack against the electrical system". The president also asked the "collectives" – Chavez groups that the demands of the opposition are armed – "a zero tolerance with the guarimbas", while he calls for violent protests and dams in the streets.

The government has extended to Thursday the suspension of working hours and hours of work of students, which has added three days of vacation since the power cut that began Monday afternoon. The light has returned for "the vast majority of the Venezuelan people", of 30 million inhabitants, according to the Minister of Communication, Jorge Rodríguez.

"It's hopeless for anyone (…), it's not the first power outage, it's still a sleight of hand," complained Mauro Hernandez, 57, who at work had to walk an hour and a half and do the same. Travel loading garrafones de agua.

According to the Socialist leader, a sniper has caused "high-caliber bullets" an explosion at the Guri hydroelectric plant, which produces 80% of the country's electricity. The explosion, he said, caused a fire that prolongs the blackout.

As the days go by, the crisis worsens as a result of the suspension of water pumping, the paralysis of transport, especially the Caracas metro, and cuts in communications affecting electronic banking services, essential in because of the lack of cash. for hyperinflation.

Venezuela remained in the dark nearly 20 days after suffering the worst power outage in its history, which paralyzed the country for a week.

A day after the president Donald Trump Urging Russia to withdraw from Venezuela, Moscow announced Thursday that its troops would remain in the South American country "as long as necessary", and urged Washington not to "worry" about its relations with Caracas.

"We do not think third countries should be concerned about our bilateral relations," Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "We do not intervene at all," he added.

Two Russian planes, an Antonov An-124 and an Ilyushin Il-62, arrived in Venezuela last week.

According to local media, they carried 99 soldiers and 35 tons of equipment under the command of the army chief, General Vasili Tonkoshkurov.

Under international pressure against Maduro, Russia and China, the main creditors of Venezuela's external debt (estimated at 150,000 million dollars), they became the great allies of the socialist president.

The spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zajárova, repeated that it was "specialists" who arrived in the country under cooperation agreements.

The International Contact Group on Venezuela (IAG) began discussing its progress towards a short-term entry of humanitarian aid and presidential elections in that country, at a meeting of foreign ministers in Quito.