They denounce that the power outage in Venezuela left 90% of the country without internet

After the new power outage that left most of Venezuela without electricity on Friday, they denounce that 90% of the Caribbean country is without Internet service, as indicated netblocks, an organization that studies security in the network.

"Most Venezuelan states are almost completely offline and only have limited mobile connectivity. the new network data show the impact of the power outage", The NGO posted on his Twitter account.

The new blackout occurred on the eve of a demonstration of opposition against power cuts that paralyzed the country since March 7 last.

L & # 39; state National Electric Corporation (Corpoelec) did not report on the causes or magnitude of the new blackout.

Since last March 7, mbadive power outages have affected Venezuela, causing the collapse of water supply, transportation, telephony and Internet services. The most recent stopped activity between Monday and Thursday.

The The regime of Nicolás Maduro He attributes the crisis to "attacks" by the United States and the opposition against the Guri hydropower plant (Bolívar state, in the south), which generates 80% of the energy consumed by the country.

Power outages have been commonplace in Venezuela for a decade and experts say they are the result of a lack of infrastructure investment and corruption.

The acting president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, will lead this Saturday a national event against power outages.

Maduro also called for marches on Saturday to counter Guaidó's plan to visit the Caracas Presidential Palace shortly to take control of it.