Venezuela, without light: a new blackout strikes the oil country

The crisis of the electrical system in Venezuela persists and aggravates the economic problems of the country. This time, Caracas and other parts of Venezuela were again in the dark since Tuesday night.

The power outage, the largest since a week, occurred at 23 pm local and affects much of the capital and important areas of at least 20 of the country's 23 states.

Neither the Government nor the State National Electric Corporation (Corpoelec) immediately provided any explanation as to the causes or the scope of the complaint. new power failure.

Since March 7th, a break left in the dark almost the whole country For five days, there is a series of consecutive power outages that affect the water supply, transportation, telephony and Internet services.

The government of Nicolás Maduro insists to blame the attacks "electromagnetic, cybernetic and physical"Against the Guri hydropower plant, which produces 80% of the energy consumed by the country, and accuses the United States of being late to generate anxiety among the population.

Although not of this magnitude, electrical faults are common in Venezuela For years. The opposition and the experts consider that the cause is the deterioration of infrastructure lack of investment and technical skills.

Juan Guaidó, recognized interim president by more than 50 countries, on Wednesday called for a new national demonstration as part of his escalation of pressure to bring Maduro out of power, dubbed "Operation of freedom".