Venezuelan gov't highlights advances in electric system recovery

CARACAS, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on Monday that "very important advances" have been achieved to recover the country's electrical system after massive blackouts hit the country in early March.

"We've made a positive evaluation of the advances (and) what this plan has signified for the first 30 days", Rodriguez said, referring to an initial 30-day recovery plan.

The vice president also accused the country's opposition of being behind the outages.

"The attack (against the electric system) was criminal, ruthless, aimed at destroying the generation and transmission system," she said.

She also noted that the electric workers have been at "the forefront" of efforts to restore the National Electric System.