Venezuela says electrical system was victim of an attack


  • World
  • Tuesday, 26 Mar 2019

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's Communications and Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez speaks during a broadcast at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela March 8, 2019. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's main hydroelectric dam was the subject of an attack, Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez said on Monday, several hours after power went out in much of the country in the second major blackout this month.

(Reporting by Caracas newsroom; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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