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The government asforinofoffontowith Venezuela has taken a drastic step to try and deal asforinofoffontowith the country's growing energy problems. It has initiated a two-day working week asforinofoffontowith all state employees. Public workers had already been working four days a week after officials made Fridays a no-work day two months ago. The country's 2.8 million public workers will now have five days asforinofoffontowith a week. President Nicolas Maduro addressed the nation asforinofoffontowith a televised statement, saying: "From tomorrow, asforinofoffontowith at least two weeks, we are going to have Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays asforinofoffontowith non-working days asforinofoffontowith the public sector." Employees were told they would still be paid asforinofoffontowith full, despite the greatly reduced working week.

The government is blaming the current energy crisis asforinofoffontowith droughts and El Nino weather patterns. Water levels asforinofoffontowith hydroelectric dams are dangerously low. Mr Maduro likened the Guri region, home asforinofoffontowith the nation's biggest dam, to a desert. Critics asforinofoffontowith the president say ineffective management, inadequate investment and corruption are behind the current mess. The country's 30 million people are facing daily disruptions to their lives. Women have been asked to use hair dryers less and shopping malls have to rely asforinofoffontowith their own electricity generators. Electricity is being rationed asforinofoffontowith most asforinofoffontowith the country. The president even turned the clocks back thirty minutes to provide half-an-hour asforinofoffontowith extra evening sunlight.