Colombia has denied Nicolás Maduro's charges for power cuts: "They intend to cover the responsibility of the illegitimate regime"

The government of Ivan Duque "categorically" rejected on Monday the accusations of President Nicolás Maduro, according to which Colombia would be involved in the cyber attacks against the electrical system that caused mbadive power outages in Venezuela.

"These accusations, baseless, seek to confuse public opinion and conceal the responsibility of the illegitimate regime led by Nicolás Maduro in the multi-dimensional crisis that Venezuela is going through.", said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a qualified statement of" usurper "Maduro.

Chavez's leader denounced Saturday "attacks" against the electrical system executed from Chile and Colombia with the support of the US government.

Although Maduro claims that the country is a victim of "cyber-terrorism", experts warn that electric collapse is the result of corruption, lack of infrastructure maintenance and lack of security..

Venezuela, which has severed relations with Colombia, is plunged into a serious economic and political crisis aggravated in recent weeks by a series of failures.

Struck by the ravages of an inflation that would reach this year 10,000 million according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Venezuelans also suffer from the scarcity of consumer goods and the collapse of public services.

Duque considers Maduro a "dictator" and supports the United States in international diplomatic pressure against his administration.

In the declaration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombia reaffirms "its responsible and responsible commitment to the complex humanitarian emergency situation in Venezuela", which it considers "aggravated by the actions of the illegitimate regime of the country". 39, usurper of Maduro, which one of the manifestations is collapse of the electrical system ".

Colombia, with more than 50 countries, recognizes as legitimate opponent the governor Juan Guaidó, president of the Parliament, who proclaimed himself as acting president of Venezuela.

(With information from AFP and EFE)