Ecuador was hit with an hours-long nationwide blackout on Wednesday that left the South American nation’s 17 million people ...

The public works minister said the power outage had been caused by the failure of a key transmission line. Within hours, power had begun to be restored to the nation of 18 million. Share full ...

QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador will implement a nationwide blackout for maintenance in the country's electricity system overnight on Wednesday, from 10 p.m. local time to Thursday at 6 a.m., the ...

Ecuador was hit with a nationwide blackout on Wednesday, leaving the South American nation’s 17 million people without power. The blackout — which affected hospitals, homes, and a major subway ...