'Operation Blackout is underway': Russia blames US for Venezuela power crisis

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'Operation Blackout is underway': Russia blames US for Venezuela power crisis
Tom Phillips
Deputy defence minister says US using a ‘broad range of techniques’ in bid to oust president Nicolás Maduro

Russia has accused the United States of deliberately causing a succession of crippling power cuts in Venezuela as part of a plot to topple its president, Nicolás Maduro, dubbed “Operation Blackout”.

The crisis-stricken South American country has been rocked by a series of nationwide power outrages since 7 March, which Maduro’s government has blamed on US-backed saboteurs and snipers but most experts attribute to poor maintenance and a bush fire that destroyed a key section of Venezuela’s power grid.

Read more at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/23/operation-blackout-is-underway-russia-blames-us-for-venezuela-power-crisis