Maduro said he was "attacked" by Chile and Colombia – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on Saturday that his country's electricity system had also been "attacked" by Chile and Colombia, with the support of the US government, which he accuses of "cracking down". be at the origin of March power outages

"We have discovered new sources of attack, from Chile and Colombia (han) cyber attacks supported by the US government to damage the Venezuelan power system "He said from the Miraflores Presidential Palace where he received the thousands of supporters who walked to support him.

He indicated that the investigations carried out by the authorities had shown that these countries had been introduced "virus "in the electrical system.

However, he badured that he had already taken steps to protect the system, which he repeated today, was attacked in March in a cybernetic and electromagnetic way by the United States so to "reverse" it.

"They resorted to cyberterrorism, they resorted to electromagnetic terrorism along the lines of transmission," the president insisted, reiterating that "the attack" targeted the country's main hydroelectric power station, the Guri.

In this regard, he called on the countries of Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia to "demand" the cessation of US "aggression". against Venezuela.

"Enough of Donald Trump's badault on the people of Venezuela!" Asked he.

On March 7, Venezuela began a series of power outages that paralyzed the country for at least 11 days.

On Sunday, when authorities began to recover electricity, Maduro announced the start of electricity rationing for 30 days, but it was only yesterday that again the details have been known.

The rationing of electricity, according to which, according to the government, at least 20 states will be deprived of electricity for four hours a day, has been ruled out in Caracas, Vargas (center), Amazonas (in the south) and Delta Amacuro (in the east).

In addition, the government announced that it would modernize the electrical system due to "serious" damage.

The "attacks" denounced by the government are rejected by the opposition, which claims that power outages have occurred due to the lack of maintenance of the power plants and corruption of the government. State.