The entire electric power system in Columbia failed today. CNN reported:
Power returning to Colombia after nationwide blackout
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia's electrical grid collapsed
Thursday, causing a nationwide blackout that briefly halted stock
trading, trapped people in elevators and left authorities struggling
to determine the cause.
President Alvaro Uribe told journalists in the southern city of Cali
that the blackout, which began at midmorning, "appears to have
affected the entire country."
- Jed
