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00:00Venezuelans resort to candles and flashlights as the country plunges into darkness.
00:06Gas generators hum throughout the night as residents prepare to manage their weekend without electricity.
00:13The blackout took me by surprise. I have not even been able to work.
00:18So many hours without power, so we had to go outside.
00:23I've given up hope on perishable food. The food is practically wasted.
00:31It's the latest nationwide crisis to hit the country since a disputed presidential election took place a month ago.
00:38Venezuela's president accused his opposition and the United States of what he called an act of sabotage.
00:45This is an attack full of revenge, full of hatred,
00:53coming from fascist currents that rely on political sectors that pretend to be the political opposition.
01:05Opposition leaders and experts rejected Maduro's claims, blaming corruption and a lack of investment for the outages.
01:12Power gradually returned to the country late into Friday night.
01:16Parts of Venezuela experienced frequent power failures, though a blackout of such a large scale is rare.
01:22The last major countrywide outage occurred in 2019.