Colombia, Chile deny role in Venezuelan power outage
Buenos Aires, Apr 9 (Sputnik/IBNS) Colombia and Chile on Monday denied claims by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of having a role in power outages that have plagued his nation for a month.
Maduro said earlier his government had new proof that the national power grid had been infected by a virus and pointed the finger at the two South American nations, who back self-styled interim president Juan Guaido.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Colombian government, emphatically rejects the recent statements … accusing Colombia of being a source of ‘cyberattacks’ against Venezuela's electrical grid," the Colombian ministry said in a statement.
Chilean Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero likewise denied Maduro’s claims.
"There is nothing serious about Maduro’s assertions that he constantly makes. The main point is that Venezuela is in a tragic situation in terms of food, medicine, and now water and power supply," he said.
Most of the country went dark in early March. Sporadic outages continued into April, prompting water shortages. Maduro announced a 30-day plan last week to ration electricity. He has repeatedly accused the United States and its allies of being behind the blackout.
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