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Venezuelans demand “we want electricity!” amid severe power crisis

Nightly protests with burning tires and pot-banging are spreading in Venezuela against power rationing of seven to 12 hours a day, as the oil sector opens to investment. According to Delcy Rodríguez, demand peaked at 16,400 megawatts in September, the highest since 2017; experts estimate the country generates about 12,000.

Originally published by Diario Las Américas ·

Written by Olgalinda Pimentel

Republished by Roger Quiroz ·

Read the original: diariolasamericas.com/america-latina/reclaman-venezuela-queremos-luz-severa-crisis-electrica-n5403389

Residents gather on Las Delicias Avenue in Maracay to protest repeated power and water cuts (2009).
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