More blackouts hit Venezuela as opposition, government rally.
Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido speaks during a demo in Caracas on March 9, 2019.CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan opposition protesters on Saturday converged on a main avenue in Caracas and other parts of the country, venting their anger over a nationwide blackout, shortages of basic necessities and the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
Meanwhile, tensions were only compounded further by a new power shutdown that came just hours after an"This is chaos," said Jorge Jaimes, a physician who joined opposition protesters on Avenida Victoria in Caracas."We are at the end of this road." Earlier, it referred to online connectivity data indicating that the initial outage that began Thursday and eased about 24 hours later was the largest on recent record in Latin America.
Opposition activists said police had dismantled a speakers' stage that had been erected in the street ahead of the demonstration on Saturday, while Guaidó tweeted that authorities would fail in any attempt to scare protesters.Meanwhile, demonstrators at the pro-Maduro rally danced and waved flags on what organizers labeled a"day of anti-imperialism" in a show of defiance toward the United States, which has imposed oil sanctions on Venezuela in an attempt to oust the president.
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