Water: Caracas Residents and Water Pumps

water: The outages have knocked out water pumps and forced some Caracas residents to spend hours searching for bottled water in the few shops that are open or to fill up containers at springs in the city's hills, according to Nine News Australia. Frustrated Venezuelans wondered how long they would have to endure the new outages, which started Monday and again shut down schools, offices and factories in a country whose economy has been shrinking for years despite its oil wealth. To improve your experience update it here News World Locals desperate for water as mass blackouts wreak havoc on Venezuela By Associated Press4 52pm Mar 28, has been hit with more power outages after the nation's worst blackouts earlier this month. The power crisis has sharpened a political struggle between President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido, who urged supporters to protest as a response to Venezuela's deteriorating infrastructure. Yesterday, a new disruption to the power grid left 91 per cent of the country offline, reversing a partial recovery since the start of the latest nationwide blackouts, according to Netblocks, a group that monitors internet censorship. We can't be passive, said Guaido, who announced a protest campaign titled Operation Liberty that includes planned demonstrations this Saturday and on April 6. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.