Venezuelans Protest Power Cuts That Put Maduro in a Bind

  • Maduro orders 30-day power rationing in response to blackouts
  • Guaido says two people injured by gunshots at Caracas protest
People protest for the lack of water and electric service on March 31.Photographer: Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images
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Caracas residents blocked streets and set fires after electricity went out again Sunday in Venezuela’s capital and some other regions, fueling a climate of political unrest.

Power went out in all of western Zulia state at 9:55 a.m., Willy Casanova, mayor of the city of Maracaibo, said on Twitter. The outage extended to most of the country, the Panorama newspaper reported. Netblocks.org, which tracks internet disruptions globally, said only 15 percent of the country had internet after the power failure.