Caracas authorities accuse U.S. of triggering nationwide power cuts across Venezuela

Electrical systems in Venezuela have been targeted by another cyberattack, President Nicholas Maduro has said. Caracas has accused the US of “sabotage”, while US officials blame local corruption and mismanagement for the blackout.

After a failure at the Guri hydroelectric power plant left much of the country without power on Thursday night, Venezuelan authorities managed to restore power to “many parts” of the country. However, the country’s grid took another hammering on Saturday, with many of the restored systems knocked out once again, the country’s embattled president said.

Maduro said the systems were nearly 70 percent restored when “we received another attack of a cybernetic nature at midday… that disturbed the reconnection process and knocked down everything that was achieved until noon.” Additionally, “one of the sources of generation that was working perfectly,” was also sabotaged, he added

SOURCE: RT