Venezuela Shuts Schools and Tells Workers to Stay Home After Big Power Cuts

Government lays blame on opponents, Guaido blames incompetence
Power failure likely due to problems at Macagua hydro plant

A customer buys water at a bakery during a power outage in the Chacao neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday, March 25, 2019.Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg

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By Daniel Cancel

March 26, 2019 at 9:46 AM UTC

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Venezuela’s government suspended school and told workers to stay home on Tuesday after electricity failures in large parts of the country.

While the communications minister and vice president initially said that the blackout that began Monday afternoon had been resolved, laying blame on an “attack” of the system by political opponents, the lights went out again in the capital city Caracas in the evening.