Nationwide blackouts become the norm in Venezuela.
But while some electricity had returned by Sunday afternoon, jittery Venezuelans weren't so much celebrating the lights coming on as wondering when the next outages would flick them off.
As the latest blackout unfolded, many took to balconies and building windows to bang pots in protest and shout curses at President Nicolas Maduro, who they consider responsible for the power failures. The ongoing blackouts now mark another point of tension in a country paralyzed by political and economic turmoil, compounding a humanitarian crisis and deepening a prolonged standoff between two political parties vying for power.
"There is no sabotage," the leader of the opposition-controlled National Assembly wrote. "They brought the electrical system to a collapse because they are corrupt and now they can't resolve it because they are incapable."
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