Maduro "extends" Holy Week in Venezuela – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has granted the public and private workers of the country this Saturday a three-day holiday before the Thursdays and Fridays with which the Easter holidays in the Caribbean nation will be extended.

"I decided to give the working day Monday 15, Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 to the workers of Venezuela on the occasion of Holy Week"Maduro said in an act with thousands of supporters in Caracas.

The president added that Venezuelan workers deserved rest and that they "waited" for it, since the measure had already been applied in previous years.

He also said that paralysis for a whole week production activities will alleviate the difficulties generated by the power crisis in Venezuela and allow a "recovery" of the system.

Venezuela suffered a series of power outages last March that plunged the entire country in the dark and paralyzed its economy already affected for several days. Although there have been no official reports on economic losses, the parliament, which controls the opposition, said the country is losing about $ 500 million a day when it comes to economic losses. a general blackout of electricity.

Employers and labor unions did not immediately discuss Maduro's announcement, although several educational institutions have already decided in Caracas to suspend their activities next Monday.

Maduro announces this measure in the face of the economic crisis in Venezuela and is resulting in a shortage and hyperinflation, an indicator which, according to the Parliament, is around 1,623,656% between March 2018 and the same period of this year.

In parallel, the oil country is going through a new chapter of political crisis since last January, when Maduro swore a new mandate that is not recognized by the opposition and which is part of the international community and, in response, the president of the country. Parliament, Juan Guaidó, proclaimed a government. interim which has the support of more than 50 nations.