Venezuela: Nicolás Maduro declares "no to work" Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for Venezuelans to "take advantage" of Easter – 15/04/2019

The energy crisis fulfills the Venezuelan calendar of "free" days. Already last week, Nicolás Maduro announced that Fridays in April and May will be "inactive" and has also reduced his working day. With constant power outages all over the country, the chavist leader has given another twist to the energy saving strategy, enacting the "no-work", this Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday so that Venezuelans can "enjoy" Holy Week.

Maduro has not attributed the measure to the energy crisis that is hitting the country, without light or water, but a question of full faith.

"I have decreed that the days of Monday, April 15, Tuesday, April 16 and Wednesday, April 17, would not work so that our people can take full advantage the holidays of the holy week 2019. These are days for faith, healthy enjoyment and family unity. A fraternal hug! ", Announced via Twitter.

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Maduro has already encouraged Palm Sunday to Venezuelans to "renew their faith".

"Let us renew our faith by praying to our Lord Jesus Christ to guide us on the path of peace and to grant us all his blessings," he wrote in the same social network.

The crisis in Venezuela worsened on January 10 due to Maduro's decision to start a second term that neither the opposition nor much of the international community recognizes as the May 20 presidential election was a fraud.

On January 23, opposition MP Juan Guaidó declared himself "president in charge" of Venezuela, thus gaining recognition from a large part of the international community, including the states. States, most Latin American countries and many Europeans, to manage a peaceful transition that will culminate. with new elections.

In addition to its institutional crisis with two parallel governments at war, the country is going through a devastating economic crisis. The World Bank forecast inflation of 10 000 000% by 2019 and a contraction of GDP of 25%.

"Nothing could prepare the region for the escalation of the economic, social and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, by far the worst crisis in its modern history," World Bank experts said in its semi-annual forecast report. of growth for Latin America and the Caribbean.

The World Bank estimates that Venezuela's socio-economic conditions "continue to deteriorate rapidly" due to falling oil prices, the "extremely disruptive" policies of Nicolás Maduro's government, uncoordinated budgetary adjustments and economic mismanagement.

Source: Europa Press