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Venezuela shopping centres halve opening times as crisis bites
Source: BBC
Venezuela shopping centres halve opening times as crisis bites
8 February 2016 Latin America & Caribbean
Shopping centres in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, say they will be halving their opening times to four hours a day.
The move will allow them to comply with government energy rationing.
Ministers says a severe drought caused by El Nino has brought 18 of the country's hydro-electric dams to critically low water levels.
A spokesman for the country's retail association said the drop in working hours would have an impact on jobs.
The state energy corporation (Corpoelec) had wanted cuts twice a day, between 1pm and 3pm and then again between 7pm and 9pm.
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8 February 2016 Latin America & Caribbean
Shopping centres in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, say they will be halving their opening times to four hours a day.
The move will allow them to comply with government energy rationing.
Ministers says a severe drought caused by El Nino has brought 18 of the country's hydro-electric dams to critically low water levels.
A spokesman for the country's retail association said the drop in working hours would have an impact on jobs.
The state energy corporation (Corpoelec) had wanted cuts twice a day, between 1pm and 3pm and then again between 7pm and 9pm.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35519167
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