Public employees in Venezuela are being given long weekends in a bid to stave off a nationwide power crisis.

According to the Associated Press, President Nicolas Maduro said late on Wednesday that he is signing a decree giving state workers a Friday furlough for the next two months.

Together with other measures, he hopes to reduce electricity consumption by at least 20 per cent.

Officials have been warning for weeks that the water level behind the nation’s largest dam has fallen to near its minimum operating level.

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