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.

Venezuela has warned that the SEN has been subjected to deliberate acts of sabotage with the government calling for help from the United Nations to prevent further “acts of terrorism.”

President Nicolas Maduro claims that “US technology” has been used in the attacks, with Washington pursuing other means to oust him after a coup headed by president of the defunct National Assembly Juan Guaido failed to muster and sustain serious internal support.

Mr Rodriguez named those accused of plotting against Venezuela’s electricity system as Ramon Oswaldo Garcia, in Spain; Miguel Jose Freita in Colombia; Julio Cesar Acuna and Jesus Rodriguez Landoni in the US; and Otoniel Ramon Sanchez, who has been detained.

Mr Landoni fled to the US earlier this month, and Mr Rodriguez claimed he was living in the home of an officer in the US armed forces.

“Venezuelan authorities are looking for Jesus Rodriguez Landoni for attacking the electricity system on March 25, 26, 27 and 28. He left the country on April 8 2019,” he alleged.

The Bolivarian minister said Venezuela had been working on “building a system making it completely impossible to be attacked by terrorists.”