Venezuela Blames U.S. for Record Blackout and Orders American Diplomats to Leave

With resentment percolating over a record-setting blackout, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro lashed out at the U.S., blaming the U.S. for the country-wide outages and ejecting American diplomats from the country on Tuesday, Reuters reports.

Maduro claims that U.S.-backed cyber "sabotage" prompted the six-day power cuts in his crisis-wracked country.

“Donald Trump is most responsible for the cyber attack on the Venezuelan electricity system,” Maduro said in a broadcast.

With resentment percolating over a record-setting blackout, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro lashed out at the U.S., blaming the U.S. for the country-wide outages and ejecting American diplomats from the country on Tuesday, Reuters reports. Maduro claims that U.S.-backed cyber "sabotage" prompted the six-day power cuts in his crisis-wracked country. “Donald Trump is most responsible for the cyber attack on the Venezuelan electricity system,” Maduro said in a broadcast.