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Venezuela has taken a step to deal with the country's energy problems. It has told all employees to work two days a week. Public workers were already on four days a after Fridays became a no-work day two months . The country's 2.8 million workers will now have five days off a week. The president said in a televised : "From tomorrow, for at least two weeks, we are going to have Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays as non-working days." Employees will be paid in , despite the reduced working week.

The government blames the energy on and on El Nino. Water in dams is low. The Guri region, home to the nation's biggest dam, was likened to a . Critics say bad management, a lack of investment and are behind the current . Venezuelans are facing daily disruptions to their lives. The government asked women to use hair dryers less and shopping to use their own electricity generators. Electricity is rationed in of the country. The president even turned the back to provide half-an-hour of extra evening .

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