The Lima group accused Nicolás Maduro's regime of being at the origin of the massive blackout affecting Venezuela

"We are solely responsible for Maduro's illegitimate regime over the collapse of the Venezuelan electrical system", says a statement in which the signatories reaffirm their support "to the president in charge, Juan Guaidó and the National Assembly", by an opposition majority.

"Governments of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay and PeruAs members of the Lima group, we sympathize with the millions of Venezuelans affected by the breakdown that has lasted more than 50 hours and that has made 18 victims in hospitals and clinics due to the lack of electricity supply ", add text

The opposition and various NGOs have so far killed 15 people as a result of the blackout, while the Chavez regime has ruled it out because of the mbadive power outage that started on Thursday at 16:53 (20:53 GMT) and touch almost the whole country.

Guyana and Santa Lucia do not subscribe to the communiqué of the Lima group, any more than Mexico, whose new government has been excluded from the group since January, when Guaidó was recognized as governor of Venezuela.

The power outage and its repercussions on the health sector in Venezuela "This only confirms the existence and magnitude of the humanitarian crisis that the Maduro regime refuses to recognize"Assured the Lima group.

The signatory countries reiterate that "Only a legitimate government from free and democratic elections can proceed with the rebuilding of the country's institutions, infrastructure and economy."

Without electricity, water and the secret, Venezuelans are threatened by the blackout that will last indefinitely.

Chavez's dictatorship, on the other hand, denounced a "sabotage" orchestrated by the United States. Maduro used his Twitter account to broadcast a video in which he ordered REDI, ZODI and governors to "keep the people informed".

"The macabre strategy of bringing us to a confrontation will fail, we continue to work for the full recovery of the national electricity system, we will win!" Warned the Bolivarian dictator.