Venezuela power cuts ahead of planned protests

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A widespread power cut affecting much of Venezuela has continued ahead of planned protests on Saturday.

President Nicolás Maduro and the US-backed opposition trying to oust him have blamed each other for the outage.

Hospitals struggled to cope and at least one hospital patient died when her respirator stopped working.

The power cuts, which started on Thursday, have reportedly been caused by problems at a major hydroelectric plant.