Major power outage hits Venezuela's capital, with Maduro government blaming 'sabotage'

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Major power outage hits Venezuela's capital, with Maduro government blaming 'sabotage'
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans spent most of Friday in the dark as a major outage knocked out power in the capital, Caracas, and several states.

CARACAS , VenezuelaVenezuela ns spent most of Friday in the dark as a major outage knocked out power in the capital, Caracas , and several states.

Nanez said in a voice message on Telegram that all 24 of Venezuela’s states had been at least partially impacted. He characterized the outage as a “desperate” attempt by Maduro’s opponents to violently oust the president.By nightfall, power had been restored in many parts of the capital after a day of sporadic outages.

Alejandra Martinez, a 25-year-old salesclerk, said she noticed the power went out when a fan stopped working. “I thought the power would come back and I went back to sleep,” she said while trying to catch a bus to work as dawn broke over Caracas. “But when I woke up, I realized it was an outage.”

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