Power failures have become common in Venezuela as what was once the region’s wealthiest country has plunged into chaos and economic output has more than halved in the last five years. Much of the countryside has experienced rolling blackouts since March as Venezuela’s government, reeling from faulty management, corruption and U.S. financial sanctions, uses its limited resources to prop up Caracas. But Monday’s was the first lengthy blackout to also hit the entirety of the capital city since March. Caracas’s metro system collapsed. leaving commuters stranded and sitting on curbsides without any way to get home. “I have to go out in complete darkness to look for my family,” said José Suárez, a 41-year-old administrator. “All we’re experiencing here is anger and gloom.” Elsi Rivas, 45, said she had to hitchhike and walk more than an hour uphill to reach her slum from the high-end residential east Caracas district […]