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RIO DE JANEIRO — A massive power failure blacked out parts of Latin America’s biggest nation for more than two hours late Tuesday, leaving millions of people in the dark after a huge hydroelectric dam suddenly went off-line. All of Paraguay lost power, but for only about 20 minutes.
The Itaipu dam stopped producing 17,000 megawatts of power, resulting in outages in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and other big cities, Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao said. He said storms that uprooted trees near the dam could be to blame.
