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Ecuador gripped by energy crisis amid worst drought in decades


Ecuador will increase power cuts from eight to 14 hours a day starting Friday because of the worst drought it has faced in decades, according to Energy and Mines Minister Ines Manzano.

“We have made the painful but responsible decision to modify the rationing plan, increasing it from 8 to 14 hours a day,” Manzano wrote near midnight Thursday on X, adding that the government is trying to recover generating capacity and acquire new sources of energy.

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