CARACAS: Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro created a military unit on Friday (Saturday in Manila) charged with protecting basic installations and services such as electricity and water just over a week after the country was hit with a massive blackout.

Maduro blamed that on a cyber attack directed by the United States but critics say the government was at fault for failing to maintain infrastructure.

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