Posted on Mar 9, 2019
Venezuela blackout continues as protests loom
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A widespread power cut affecting much of Venezuela has continued throughout Friday ahead of planned protests on Saturday.
President Nicolás Maduro and the US-backed opposition trying to oust him have blamed each other for the outage.
Hospitals struggled to cope and at least one hospital patient died when her respirator stopped working.
The power cuts, which started on Thursday, have been caused by problems at a major hydroelectric plant.
Venezuela depends on its vast hydroelectric infrastructure, rather than its oil reserves, for its domestic electricity supply. But decades of underinvestment has damaged the major dams, and sporadic blackouts are commonplace.
President Nicolás Maduro and the US-backed opposition trying to oust him have blamed each other for the outage.
Hospitals struggled to cope and at least one hospital patient died when her respirator stopped working.
The power cuts, which started on Thursday, have been caused by problems at a major hydroelectric plant.
Venezuela depends on its vast hydroelectric infrastructure, rather than its oil reserves, for its domestic electricity supply. But decades of underinvestment has damaged the major dams, and sporadic blackouts are commonplace.
Venezuela blackout continues as protests loom
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Venezuela
Energy
Oil and Energy
Protest
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Maduro and His henchmen have spent so much time stealing from Venezuela and it people that one thing after another is failing. He had done a good job of tearing the entire country apart with His greed and corruption. This is socialism at work, so great the 3 Million people and more to come are leaving the country.
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