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Puerto Rico suffers nearly island-wide power outage on New Year’s Eve

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Frequent power outages in Puerto Rico have spurred criticism of LUMA, the private company in charge of maintaining the electrical grid [File: Alejandro Granadillo/AP Photo]

Puerto Rico has been immersed in darkness after a power grid failure sparked a blackout across much of the island.

The outage happened in the early hours of Tuesday, the last day of 2024.

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