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Dominican Republic’s power system restored after national blackout

Published on: November 12, 2025
09:47

Santo Domingo, Nov 12 (Prensa Latina) – Dominican Minister of Energy and Mines, Joel Santos, confirmed the restoration of the national power generation system early this morning, following a widespread blackout that lasted approximately 12 hours in several areas.

Port-au-Prince will be in blackout until the end of the year

Published on: August 24, 2025
09:40

Port-au-Prince, Aug 24 (Prensa Latina) The electricity in the Haitian capital went out on June 17 and could return by the end of the year, and to this day the government has not lifted a finger to solve the energy crisis.

Haiti’s capital remains without electricity after 43 days

Published on: July 31, 2025
10:15

Port-au-Prince, July 31 (Prensa Latina) The government owned electricity sector in Haiti, which promised to restore power to this capital, is still unable to guarantee the service interrupted since June 17.

Blackout in Port-au-Prince marks news week in Haiti

Published on: July 5, 2025
11:01

Port-au-Prince, July 5 (Prensa Latina) A blackout affecting all sectors of the capital marks the news week in Haiti, where authorities remain unresolved by a population that accuses them of complicity with bandits.

Power outage affects 2.1 million people in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Published on: October 15, 2024
10:08

Brasilia, Oct 15 (Prensa Latina) Brazil's National Electric Energy Company (ENEL) requested international assistance on Tuesday to reverse the blackout that left 2.1 million people without power in the capital and the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo.

Lightning may be the cause of recent blackout in Sri Lanka

Published on: December 10, 2023
09:37

Colombo, Dec 10 (Prensa Latina) A lightning strike may have been the cause of the fault in the transmission line that caused the widespread power outage in Sri Lanka the day before, authorities said.

Austria alerts of general shortages of electric powerAccording to the

Published on: December 28, 2022
09:54

Vienna, Dec 28 (Prensa Latina) The Austrian Defense Minister, Klaudia Tanner, indicated that her government is preparing for a possible blackout in the country due to growing energy insecurity in the region.

Snowden weighs in on temporary social media blackout

Published on: October 5, 2021
09:03

Moscow, Oct 5 (Prensa Latina) Edward Snowden, US computer expert who has been granted political asylum in Russia, invited his audience on Twitter to reflect on the future of Internet and social networks should it disappear, local media highlighted.

Cuba recovers power service after blackout in eastern provinces

Published on: September 18, 2021
08:38

Havana, Sep 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuba progressively recovers today electricity generation in the eastern provinces that were blacked out due to a breakdown in one of the main national grids of the country.

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