VENEZUELA has called for arrests to be made after it identified five people involved in cyber-attacks on the country’s national power system aimed at fomenting an uprising against the Bolivarian government.

“There are requests to Interpol for people related to the attack on the electricity system who live in the United States, Colombia and Spain,” Communication Minister Jorge Rodriguez confirmed at a news conference on Tuesday night.

The country’s National Electrical System (SEN) has been targeted in a series of attacks which have led to power shortages and blackouts across the country, including the capital Caracas.