Living through Venezuela’s blackouts
Venezuela’s historic blackout, in 17 photos
March 12, 2019
Venezuela has endured four days of blackouts. This is what it looks like there
March 13, 2019
Living through Venezuela’s blackouts
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.
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.
No power means no water for many who depend on electric pumps. Some have resorted to filling bottles and containers from natural springs, drainpipes and dirty streams. They told CNN’s Paula Newton that they would use the water to bathe or flush the toilet.
Waiting to collect water at one spring, a nurse in line with her daughter said that she feared …
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