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Venezuela: Nicolas Maduro introduces month-long electricity rationing
https://www.dw.com/en/venezuela-nicolas-maduro-introduces-month-long-electricity-rationing/a-48141981Venezuela: Nicolas Maduro introduces month-long electricity rationing
Date 01.04.2019
Venezuela's acting president President Nicolas Maduro announced on Sunday announced the beginning of a 30-day electricity rationing plan.
The acting president said the rationing regime would balance generation and transmission with consumption, and had the aim of ensuring water supply. Maduro did not elaborate on how the rationing program would be carried out.
Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez also announced on Sunday that school activities would remain suspended and business hours would be reduced to end the workday at 2 p.m.
Venezuela's ongoing chronic blackouts that began on March 7 have raised the country's misery to a new level. Consumed by deep economic and humanitarian crises, Venezuela still finds itself in a prolonged political standoff between Maduro and interim President Juan Guaido.
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