<span style="color: #222222;">Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has praised the armed forces for staying loyal to him and defeating an alleged 'coup' led by the US and opposition leader Juan Guaido.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Addressing a rally outside the Presidential Palace, Mr Maduro also blamed Venezuela's widespread power cuts on an 'international cyber attacks' by the opposition. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">His remarks came during a day of protests in the country by pro-government and opposition groups.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, power and communication outages continued in the country.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The blackout has heightened tensions between the opposition and government loyalists, who accuse each other of being responsible for the collapse of the power grid.</span><br />