Nationwide power outage leaves 18M Ecuadorians in the dark
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 19, 2024
A transmission line failure triggered a nationwide power outage in Ecuador that has left about 18 million people and public services without power as of Wednesday afternoon.
"There is no energy service on a national scale," Public Works Minister Roberto Luque posted on X. "We are concentrating all our efforts on resolving the problem as soon as possible."
Luque also is Ecuador's
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