A dimly lit street in San Cristobal, Tachira state, Venezuela, on Sept. 10.
Chronic blackouts concentrated in Andean states make daily life an ordeal, fueling anti-government demonstrations
Lea en españolPower outages are deepening across Venezuela, fueling protests and compounding political pressure on the government as calls for democratic elections intensify.
The Andean states of Merida, Tachira and Trujillo have been particularly affected, according to a Bloomberg News analysis of satellite imagery. Fifteen of the 20 Venezuelan cities with the biggest declines in nighttime light this year are in those three states about 400 miles west of Caracas, where streets, homes and businesses are visibly darker after sunset.