Mass blackout leaves the dark Puerto Rico

More than one million homes are without electricity this Wednesday in Puerto Rico due to the «unexpected» stop of all centrals, in a new large blackout in this US Caribbean territory.

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«We have experienced a massive blackout throughout the island due to the unexpected output of all generation plants, including those of generates PR and the other private generators,» he wrote in Spanish generates, one of the electricity suppliers, in the social network X.

According to the website of the other electricity supplier of the island, Luma, around 1.1 million customers were left without electricity shortly before 20h00 GMT on Wednesday.

Approximately three hours before, at 12h40 premises, there was an incident that affects the distribution of electricity on the island, Luma said in X. He added that he tries to «identify the cause» and «restore the service safely.»

Puerto Rico, which has been under American control since 1898, faces constant infrastructure problems, aggravated from 2017 by the passage of the devastating Hurricane Maria

The Puerto Rican electricity has suffered frequent cuts since that cyclone devastated it with category 4.

Puerto Ricans are US citizens since 1917, but they cannot vote in presidential or legislative elections unless they reside in the United States.