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Venezuela's Maduro Institutes Plan To Ration Electricity As Outages Spur More Protest

Maduro pleaded with the public to remain calm and resist violence as the country's top "specialists, scientists and hackers" work to put an end to power, water and communications blackouts.
A woman holds a placard reading "We Want Water and Electricity" as she shouts slogans during a protest about a lack of water and electric service during a new power outage in Venezuela in Caracas on Sunday. President Nicolás Maduro announced a 30-day electricity rationing plan to help as the government works to restore service.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Sunday instituted a plan to ration electricity as the troubled government scrambles to repair the country's electrical system amid worsening economic and political conditions.

Maduro pleaded with the public to remain calm and resist violence as what he called "specialists, scientists and hackers" work to put an end to power and water outages.

"I have approved a 30-day plan to, explaining it will help curb the outages that have recently thrown the country into chaos for days at a time.

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