Juan Guaidó announced that he would ask the Venezuelan Parliament to decree the "state of national alert" before the massive power outage

"Tomorrow we have convened an emergency special session of the National Parliament take immediate action regarding the necessary humanitarian badistance "said the acting president at a press conference.

"This disaster must be resolved. And you, who are in the States, have the right to demonstrate, to go down in the street and to claim their rights, "he added from the gardens of the Legislative Palace.

He noted, in turn, that the opposition is conducting "talks" with a German company with the ability to immediately supply power plants and other supplies necessary to stabilize the system.

Nicolás Maduro's regime has denounced the fact that the blackout is due to a "cyber attack" in the United States, a country usually responsible for the serious ills of which Venezuela is a victim.

Guaido however stressed that the breakdown was not due to sabotage and highlighted disinvestment and mismanagement as the true causes of the prolonged drop in electrical service.

"How is it possible that at that time nothing was reported about what is going on among the Guris? Enough (mature) to hide behind a psychiatrist," he said. the parties proposed by the Minister of Information, Jorge Rodríguez, of the mbadive failure of Thursday.

He also reiterated his appeal to the armed forces to turn their backs on Maduro and not to repress the population that manifests itself in many parts of the country to demand the end of the crisis.

"You already know that the commander-in-chief has failed, that he can not speak for himself, that he can not even confront them", he said.

During his statement, Mr. Guaidó also presented a report on the blackout that has affected the country since last Thursday: "There are 17 dead, 15 in Maturin, the girl who was taken to the morgue in the arms of the mother was not counted, she weighed 10 kg, a special girl of 19 years".

Power cuts are constant in Venezuela, a country facing a pressing economic crisis despite the planet's largest oil reserves and other resources.

Although expressed more roughly in the regions of the province, they also feel in Caraca.

Most of the country remains without electricity since last Thursday at 17:00 local time (21 GMT), when there was a breakdown in the Guri hydroelectric plant, the largest in the country and serving about 70% of the territory.

The session of Parliament convened for this Monday will take place from 12.00 local time (16.00 GMT).