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Venezuela previously experienced a power outage on September 3, 2013, which deprived 70 percent of the country of electricity. Businesses were shut down and massive traffic jams built up in several cities, while the Caracas metro was put out of action.In Panama, on January 20, 2019, the capital and several regions went without electricity three days before the arrival of Pope Francis for World Youth Day.
In Brazil on November 10, 2009, a short circuit knocked out electricity, affecting 50 million people. In Colombia on April 26, 2007, a breakdown at a power station paralysed 70 percent of the country for two hours. In January 2001 a breakdown in a plant in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh affected 200 million people.On August 14, 2003 the worst power cut in US history affected 50 million people in the northeast of the United States including New York and part of Canada.
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