Venezuela’s Maduro blames US ‘cyberattacks’ for massive power outage as lights slowly turn back on

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Venezuela’s Maduro blames US ‘cyberattacks’ for massive power outage as lights slowly turn back on
Lucia Suarez Sang

The embattled Venezuelan government ordered schools and public offices to remain closed Monday -- the fifth day of a massive, paralyzing blackout that's led to ransacked supermarkets, cars flooding the few working gas stations and unconfirmed reports of at least 17 deaths in powerless medical facilities.

Doctors were caring for their most critically ill patients with the help of generators, but many hospitals were forced to operate without power, raising concerns about vulnerable patients who rely on oxygen concentrators, dialysis machines and other equipment requiring electricity.


Damage is seen in a supermarket after it was looted during an ongoing blackout in Caracas, Venezuela March 10, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins - RC194BE494F0

Embattled socialist leader President Nicolas Maduro – who is facing a challenge to his rule by the leader of the opposition-led National Assembly, Juan Guaido – blamed the blackouts on an act of “sabotage” at the Guri hydroelectric dam carried out by the United States.

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