Crowds collect water from dirty streams, nurses pump ventilators by hand in darkened hospitals and charities struggle to feed children as Venezuela continues to suffer the dire effects of its most profound blackout in decades
Caracas, Venezuela .
This is the reality of life after the country's largest source of power had a catastrophic failure on March 7. At its worst, 19 of 23 states were affected, and the capital Caracas was blanketed by darkness.Recovery from power outages will be"little by little," said President Nicolas Maduro in a televised address Monday. He said that school and work in the country would be suspended for another 48 hours.No power means no water for many who depend on electric pumps.
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