New failure affects several regions of Venezuela

The power cut in the capital took place at 17:20 GMT and left all the center of the city without electricity. Cell phone signals were also interrupted

According to the details The patillaAt least nine states have been affected by a blackout, including in the capital region, including Barinas, Merida, Vargas, Anzoátegui, Aragua, Carabobo, Falcón, Miranda and Táchira.

Some of the districts of Caracas devoid of electric service are: Antímano, El Recreo, San Bernardino El Paraíso, San Martin, Altagracia, Caricuao, Miraflores, Chacao, Los Palos Grandes, Urbina, Los Ruices, Bello Monte.

The Caracas metro, through its account on the social network Twitter, said that lines 1, 2 and 3, which were down, stopped providing a commercial service.

The interruption of service comes two weeks after the historic cut across the country lasted more than 100 hours.

During the last power outage that began on March 7 and lasted a week, more than a dozen hospital patients died, public transport was stopped, production declined in the area essential oil and water supply was interrupted.This has forced citizens to use purified sewage treatment points and water sources.

President Nicolás Maduro attributed the previous interruption to a cyberattack in the United States and argued that the opposition, led by Congressman Juan Guaidó, whom the United States and 50 other countries recognize as acting president, had the intention of "sabotaging" the infrastructure. . He ordered the creation of a new military unit to protect basic facilities.

Observers said that an American attack was possible, but that this was unlikely. They said years of underinvestment, mismanagement and corruption were the most likely culprits and predicted that there would be more power cuts.

According to a study conducted by the opposition-led Congress and a medical NGO, Medicos Por la Salud, about half of Venezuela's hospitals are equipped with generators. However, during the last power outage, many did not work or were insufficient to meet the needs of ICU patients, neonatal services and dialysis patients.