Yeah, this is yet another reason why bitcoin isn't proving to be very useful to Venezuelan citizens during their crisis--no electricity means no way to pay for anything via electronic means.
very true but the case with countries like Venezuela and any similar situation has rarely been about them using bitcoin as a payment option at this point since the adoption is not really great even in other countries. it is usually about them investing in bitcoin (as is the case with most other places). and it is about how people look to save the value of their wealth as the value of local currency tanks.