Venezuela: Three Day Weekends for all Workers Due to Power Shortages
April 7th, 2016Via: Independent:
Venezuelan workers will get Fridays off in the months of April and May, in a bid to save energy in the black-out hit country, the president said.
President Nicolas Maduro said Venezuelans will have “long weekends” in an appearance on state television on Wednesday night, announcing the measure as part of a 60-day plan to fight a power crunch.
“This plan for 60 days, for two months, will allow the country to get through the most difficult period with the most risk. I call on families, on the youth, to join this plan with discipline, with conscience and extreme collaboration to confront this extreme situation,” Maduro said.
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The majority of electricity in the country is supplied by hydropower, from infrastructure such as the 10.2-gigawatt Guri Dam in the eastern Bolivar state.
However, due to a drought, the water reserves which are needed to power hydroelectricity are extremely low.
