Venezuela Plagued by Prolonged Blackouts as the Opposition and the Maduro Regime Mobilized Yet More Mass Protests

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From late in the afternoon on March 7, 2019, large swaths of Venezuela were left without power, and millions of Venezuelans went many days without lights or water. The nationwide apagón came on the eve of massive marches in protest and support of the government of Nicolás Maduro. Maduro blamed a “cyber-attack” by the United States for the power loss, while self-proclaimed “Interim President” Juan Guaidó (the president of the Asamblea Nacional) argued that it was simple incompetence and lack of maintenance. What any of it means is still a matter of dispute.

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