Much of Venezuela remained engulfed by darkness early Friday amid one of the largest power outages in years.
Critics say corruption and under investment have left the country's power grid unable to function, while Maduro says the problems are intentionally created by political adversaries.
State-owned electricity operator Corpoelec blamed the outage on act of"sabotage" at the Guri Dam, one of the world's largest hydroelectric stations and the cornerstone of Venezuela's electrical grid. Rodriguez described it as a"cyber" attack intended to derail the whole system. He said electricity in Venezuela's eastern region had been restored within two hours.
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