Amid Continuing Low Oil Prices And Economic Recession, Venezuela Changes Clocks To Conserve Electricity

In a cost-cutting move, Venezuelans turned their clocks forward a half hour Sunday at 2:30 a.m. per the order of President Nicolás Maduro. The decision was just the latest attempt to save money in the recession-stricken South American economy by rationing power.

Maduro said, "It'll be simple to move the clock forward a half-hour — this will allow us to enjoy more daylight, and it won't get dark so early," Agence-France Presse reported.