Maduro announces power rationing in Venezuela

As as electricity crisis continues in Venezuela, the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announces power rationing amid outages for a period of 30 days. The people of Venezuela had protested against the lack of water and electric service during a new power outage in Venezuela, in Caracas on Sunday.

Maduro had said that years of government neglect, mismanagement and corruption have left the electrical grid in shambles. Maduro said that the power rationing will be “with an emphasis on guaranteeing water service”.

Jorge Rodriguez, Communications Minister said, “To achieve consistency in the provision of electricity, the Bolivarian government decided to maintain the suspension of school activities and establish a workday until 2:00 pm in public and private institutions”.

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