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Power supply in Argentina, Uruguay almost fully restored after major blackout â€“ statements

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jun 17, 2019, at 10:04 am

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Buenos Aires, June 17 (Sputnik/UNI) Power supply in Argentina and Uruguay has been almost fully restored after a massive blackout, the Argentine Energy Ministry and the Uruguayan state-owned power company said in statements.

Lights went out in all of Argentina and neighboring Uruguay at around 7 a.m. (04:00 GMT) on Sunday. Utility companies in both countries blamed a technical malfunction. Cities in Brazil, Chile and Paraguay also experienced outages.

“As of 8:15 p.m. local time, 98 percent of power supply has been restored,” the Argentine Energy Ministry said in a statement.

Uruguay's UTE state power company said that 98.5 percent of power supply had been restored in the country.

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