Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) Electricity slowly returned in most areas of Caracas on Saturday after Venezuela struggled through the third major blackout of March.

Power went out around 7 p.m. Friday. Sirens, car horns and alarms echoed throughout the dark streets before generators began kicking in.

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The situation is much worse in the barrios and poorer areas of the capital, and especially outside Caracas, with many struggling with intermittent service since the first major blackout.

Blackouts have become a daily occurrence across Venezuela as the economic crisis has worsened.

The power outage was the talk of the town, overshadowing another round of dueling protests by supporters of embattled President Nicolas Maduro and Juan Guaido, president of the National Assembly.

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