Blackout Venezuela
–In the midst of one of the most extensive power outages in Venezuelan history, the country's opposition leader Juan Guaidó urged his supporters on Saturday to mobilize against the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
–"Venezuela, let's go to the streets," Guaidó, who declared himself interim president in January with endorsements from dozens of countries, said in a video on Twitter in response to the massive blackout blanketing most of the nation.
–Maduro, without offering evidence, blamed the outage that started Thursday afternoon on the United States, calling it an "electricity war." The blackout appears to have stemmed from a failure at the main hydroelectric plant in Venezuela, which has suffered from years of underinvestment. Guaidó claimed the outage knocked out power in 22 of the country's 23 states.
–By Saturday morning, power began to restore in the capital Caracas, but remained off for large portions of the country. State utility workers estimate it will be days before the national grid is completely restored, according to The New York Times.
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/09/701926199/as-venezuelas-blackout-drags-on-protesters-fill-the-streets-of-caracas