CaracasVenezuela’s scheduled blackouts now last 8 to 10 hours.
Residents in 5 states have held night protests, which Interim President Delcy Rodríguez condemned.
Major generating units went offline, widening the generation deficit by 3,000 to 3,800 megawatts, grid expert Jorge Pérez said.
“It brings everything to a standstill,” said Esteban Cordero, a marketing worker in Guacara.
How each outlet framed it
- Latin America Reports leans critical
- emphasizes nighttime protests across five states and emigration of engineers as causes of the grid's decline
Sources: Latin America Reports