The country's worst-ever power outage comes as Maduro faces a hyperinflationary economic collapse and an unprecedented political crisis. Opposition leader Juan Guaido in January invoked the constitution to assume the presidency after declaring Maduro's 2018 re-election a fraud. But only around 100 of the country's 1,800 service stations were in operation due to the blackout, according to gas station industry sources. A man walks out a grocery store during an ongoing blackout in Caracas on Sunday. Power returned briefly to parts of Caracas and other cities on Friday, but went out again around midday on Saturday.

Source: CBC News March 10, 2019 22:18 UTC