Venezuela’s historic blackout, in 17 photos
‘This Is Going To End Ugly’: Venezuela’s Power Outage Drags On
March 11, 2019
Living through Venezuela’s blackouts
March 12, 2019
Venezuela’s historic blackout, in 17 photos
The power outage is nationwide — as is the anger.
Millions of Venezuelans have fled the country in recent years due to the crippling economic downturn — a crisis largely caused by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s mishandling of the economy. Inflation is through the roof. Hunger rates have skyrocketed. And diseases once thought eradicated have sparked a health disaster.
All of this makes the Venezuela rolling blackout even more devastating. Already, people are drinking water from the heavily polluted river in the capital, Caracas. Long lines have formed at gas stations, which is especially unfortunate considering that Venezuela has one of the world’s largest oil reserves.
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