BOGOTA, Colombia—Blackouts across Venezuela appear to have been partially resolved—for now—as power finally returns to homes, hospitals, and schools across the country; but a week of intermittent darkness has made daily life harder than ever in the crisis-stricken nation.
Venezuela has faced a serious economic, social, and political crisis due to a crash in oil prices, poor economic management, and rampant corruption for years, but the outages which have plagued 22 of 23 states since March 7 have brought daily adversity and suffering to new depths.
