People queue for water at a desalination plant in La Guaira, Venezuela March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
CARACAS (Reuters) - Four people were killed and at least 300 were detained in association with protests and looting that took place during Venezuela's nationwide blackout, rights groups said on Thursday.
The OPEC nation suffered its worst blackout in history last week following technical problems that the government of President Nicolas Maduro called an act of U.S.-backed sabotage but critics dismissed as the result of incompetence.
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