Ecuador president declares state of emergency over energy crisis
- Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa declared a second state of emergency due to an energy crisis causing rationing in the country.
- The 60-day state of emergency deploys military and police to protect energy infrastructure.
- A drought, exacerbated by El Nino, has impacted hydroelectric dams, leading to power shortage.
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Energy crisis prompts new emergency declaration in Ecuador
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa Friday issued a decree establishing yet another state of emergency due to a 'serious internal commotion and public calamity' in the violence-torn South American country which is going through an energy crisis in addition to drug-trafficking gang crimes. Power cuts last up to about eight hours a day amid tight 'rationing of electricity.'
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Ecuador's President Daniel Niño declared a second state of emergency last Friday because of the energy crisis that has already led to the country's consumption plummeting. And Niño, who took office in November, declared an energy state of emergency and issued instructions days ago to cut off power for hours throughout the day, but that step will be postponed tomorrow Sunday for a referendum he seems to be winning on a set of security measures. A…
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Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has declared a two-month national emergency due to the energy crisis in the country. This is reported by Expreso. The aim of the emergency is to guarantee a continuous “public electricity service”, the Ecuadorian President’s decree specifies. The decree also requires the mobilization of law enforcement and armed forces to ensure the security of important energy infrastructure facilities. Earlier, the Ecuadorian …
Ecuador president declares state of emergency over energy crisis
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa declared a second state of emergency on Friday over an energy crisis that has already led to rationing in the South American country. Noboa, who took office in November, had declared an energy emergency and instituted power cuts earlier this week, but the cuts will be suspended on Sunday for a referendum he looks set to win on a raft of security measures. His first emergency declaration, in …
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