South American countries disrupt power supplies for up to 12 hours a day. Why?

The Ecuadorian government on Monday announced an extension of a planned power outage. The break, caused by drought, was originally supposed to last eight hours, but due to continued unfavorable weather conditions, it has been extended this time, Energy Minister Antonio Goncalves said.

Ecuador: The country’s drought is the worst in 61 years. “The chaos is worse than we thought”

“The climate is crazy, it has changed a lot,” Goncalves said, adding that Ecuador’s dry season started two months earlier than usual. – We depend on hydrology. I can’t predict something that only God knows, he added in the context of weather conditions in the country.

At the UN General Assembly, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa said his country was experiencing its worst drought in 61 years. – It’s causing chaos, it’s much worse than we expected – he said.

The blackout was expected to last until Sunday, and not – as originally reported – until Thursday. The Ecuadorian government had initially announced the blackout on September 18.