Power outage leaves millions of Ecuadorians in the dark after transmission line fails

A failure in an energy transmission line on Wednesday produced an unexpected blackout throughout Ecuador, the government said, days after announcing that there would be power outages in the country due to production problems.

He added that efforts are being made to solve the problem and repair faulty power lines as soon as possible. Emilia Cevallos, a waitress in a restaurant north of the capital, Quito, said the blackout was surprising.

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