Venezuela is struggling again with a major power outage. This time would be eight of the 23 states are affected, as well as the capital district. The light went on in the National Assembly, the Venezuelan parliament.
Some shopkeepers in Caracas and concluded by the interference fast the doors, apparently for fear of looters. Also the public transport was partly flat. Buses were overcrowded. “I wonder how I get home, must get, because there are no trains. I live in the center and have two hours. I move slow”, said the 64-year-old Ana Gonzalez, who is the store closed where she worked.
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The country was a few weeks ago also already been affected by a massive power failure. That lasted several days. The socialist president Nicolás Maduro accused the United States when a cyber attack to have been carried out, but according to the critics, the infrastructure is just poorly maintained. The USA support the rival of Maduro, opposition leader Juan Guaidó.
The government Maduro speaks now of a “new attack” on the main power plant of the country.