The President of the Community of Madrid asks the government to deploy the Armed Forces due to the massive blackout.

President Daniel Noboa met this Tuesday with Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the president of the Community of Madrid, where the president is located as part of a tour he currently maintains in Europe.

They had not passed 24 hours of the big blackout in Madrid, registered at 12.36 on Monday 28 April, when the PSOE of Óscar López launched the first criticism to the regional president through social networks: «Ayuso requested the national emergency because he could not take over the management of this crisis». The regional president took advantage this Tuesday of his three appearances followed in the media and the subsequent press conference to …

The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has charged against the central government for her performance during the blackout. "It seemed to us that it was slow and ineffective. And so much so that we were well into the night with an important part of the national territory and the capital of the country in black", explained the Madrid president at a press conference that she gave at the headquarters of 112. In that interventio…

The president of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has asked the government to deploy the necessary means to guarantee security throughout the night, especially in the...

By Vasco Cotovio and Antoinette Radford, CNN Madrid Regional President Isabel Díaz Ayuso has urged the national government to deploy the military as the city faces a major power outage. The blackout began around 12:30 p.m. local time (6:30 a.m. ET) and affected most of Spain. Díaz Ayuso said the local government has deployed “all available resources to address the emergency situation” and requested that the Spanish government activate the milita…

The President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has asked the Government of Spain to activate Emergency Plan 3.