Angry residents in Caracas set up barricades along a main avenue and on side streets to protest the continued outage. caracas
Resident play dominos on the street during a blackout in Caracas, Venezuela.
The country’s worst-ever power outage comes as Maduro faces a hyperinflationary economic collapse and an unprecedented political crisis. Opposition leader Juan Guaido in January invoked the constitution to assume the presidency after declaring Maduro’s 2018 re-election a fraud. Merchants unable to maintain refrigerators working began giving away cheese, vegetables and meat to clients.A small supermarket in a working class area of western Caracas was looted on Saturday night after protesters barricaded an avenue and clashed with police, according to neighbours and the shop’s owner Manuel Caldeira.
“While the promoters of hate, death and violence delight in their destabilisation plans, President Nicolas Maduro has ordered a deployment of ministers to ensure the Venezuelan people are attended to,” he said.
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