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"The day tomorrow, we convened a special emergency session of the National Parliament to take immediate action regarding the necessary humanitarian aid," said the acting president at a press conference .
"This disaster must be solved and you, who are in the States, have the right to demonstrate, to take to the streets and to claim their rights," he added from the gardens of the Legislative Palace.
He noted that the opposition held "talks" with a German company that could immediately supply power plants and other inputs needed 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 pointed out that the breakdown did not result from sabotage and said that disinvestment and mismanagement were the real causes of the prolonged drop in electricity service.
"How is it possible that at the moment there is no report on what is happening in the Guri? Enough (Maduro) to hide behind a psychiatrist," he said about parties proposed by the Minister of Information, Jorge Rodríguez, since 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, Guaidó also reported on the blackout that has affected the country since last Thursday: "There are 17 dead, 15 in Maturin, there is no count of the girl who was taken to the morgue in the mother's arms weighed 10 kilograms, a special 19-year-old girl ".
Power cuts are constant in Venezuela, a country facing a pressing economic crisis despite the planet's largest oil reserves and other resources.
Although they are expressed with greater cruelty in the regions of the province, they already feel so in Caraca.
Most of the country has been without electricity since last Thursday at 17:00 local time (21 GMT), when the Guri hydropower plant broke down, the largest in the country and providing about 70% of services. of the territory.
The session of Parliament convened for this Monday will take place from 12.00 local time (16.00 GMT).
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