Venezuela state employees to work two-day week to save energy

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Source: Reuters

World | Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:50pm EDT

Venezuela state employees to work two-day week to save energy

CARACAS | BY ANDREW CAWTHORNE AND DANIEL KAI

Venezuela's socialist government ordered public workers on Tuesday to work a two-day week as an energy-saving measure in the crisis-hit South American OPEC country.

President Nicolas Maduro had already given most of Venezuela's 2.8 million state employees Fridays off during April and May to cut down on electricity consumption.

"From tomorrow, for at least two weeks, we are going to have Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays as non-working days for the public sector," Maduro said on his weekly television program.

Drought has reduced water levels at Venezuela's main dam and hydroelectric plant in Guri to near-critical levels. The dam provides for about two-thirds of the nation's energy needs.

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1. It's really sad that the situation in Venezuela now can only be compared to war-torn countries. N/t