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Blackout raises doubts over Brazil infrastructure

Brazil's president has denied underinvestment was to blame for the country's worst power outage in a decade. ...

Brazil: Blackout Caused By Bad Weather

Brazil's energy minister says a blackout that left 60 million people in the dark was caused by bad weather. Edison Lobao says heavy rains and strong winds caused three transformers on a key high-voltage transmission line to short circuit, cutting the line. Two other lines went down as a part of an a ...

Investigation begins into massive blackout in Brazil, Paraguay

Brasilia - The Brazilian government on Wednesday launched an investigation into the causes of a malfunction at the Itaipu hydroelectric plant that led to a massive blackout in Brazil and Paraguay. The power outage that started Tuesday night and laste... ...

After Brazil Blackout, Questions About 2016 Games

Brazil's president fended off criticism of his nation's shaky power

grid Wednesday as officials investigated a blackout that plunged as

many as 60 million people into darkness, prompting concerns about the

country's preparedness to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Power

went out for more than two hours ...

Brazil Looks for Answers After Huge Blackout

Failure at one of the world’s largest hydroelectric plants cut power to an estimated 60 million Brazilians.

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Power Returns After Blackout Darkens Half of Brazil

Bloomberg reports on the outage:

"Power was restored in Brazil after

an outage at a dam providing 20 percent of the country’s energy

thrust about half of the nation’s 190 million people into

darkness for at least two hours.The 14,000-megawatt Itaipu Binacional hydroelectric dam

said operation ...

Blackout in Brazil sparks crime fears

Blackout plunges tens of millions of people in Brazil's cities into darknes

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Blackout hits millions in Brazil

A massive blackout across the southern half of Brazil on Tuesday night plunged tens of millions of people into darkness and prompted a major police mobilisation amid fears of an opportunistic crime wave. ...

Brazil Blackout: Two Largest Cities Hit By Massive Power Outages

RIO DE JANEIRO — A massive power failure blacked out Brazil's two largest cities and other parts of Latin America's biggest nation for more than two hours late Tuesday, leaving millions of people in the dark after a huge hydroelectric dam suddenly went offline. All of neighboring Paraguay also los ...

Blackout hits central, south Brazil

A blackout struck a large swath of central and south Brazil Tuesday night, affecting at least six states, CNN en Español reported.

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