As Venezuela's five-day power blackout left homes without water, Lilibeth T...
CARACAS - As Venezuela’s five-day power blackout left homes without water, Lilibeth Tejedor found herself looking for it on Monday in the last place she would have imagined - a drain pipe feeding into a river carrying sewage through the capital, Caracas.
They added, however, that it was being carried through unsanitary pipes and should only be used to flush toilets or scrub floors. The lack of water has become one of the most excruciating side effects of the nationwide blackout that the government of President Nicolas Maduro has blamed on U.S.-backed sabotage but his critics call the product of corruption and incompetence.
Last week that had fallen to around 13,000 and since Thursday’s blackout it has halted completely, he said.Many worry about the spread of disease. The lack of water compounds the inability to buy soap due to soaring prices or chronic shortages. “They’re killing us with hunger and thirst,” said Gladys Martinez, 52, a homemaker, who joined the demonstration that blocked two lanes of the highway, snarling traffic and drawing dozens of police and National Guard troops to the scene.
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