15 people have died after a nationwide blackout in Venezuela

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Crisis-wracked Venezuela has endured a nationwide blackout this week lasting for days. The current regime headed by Nicolas Maduro is facing opposition from self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido. A host of Western nations have backed Mr Guaido's claim to power as they condemn the callous actions of Maduro, a dictator who is starving his own people.

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But pro-government demonstrations have also been taking place in the capital of Caracas.

Described by the Venezuelan government as an act of “sabotage”, cities such as Caracas were struck by the huge power outage this week.

BNO News reported the outage started in the late afternoon on Thursday and has affected all parts of the country.

Frightened citizens were plunged into darkness with many businesses forced to close down.

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