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Massive Power Outage Leaves Millions Of South Americans Without Electricity

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According to a report by Business Insider, on Sunday, millions of people across South America were left without power following a widespread failure in the electrical system. The BBC reported that the entire countries of Uruguay and Argentina were left totally without power, while parts of Brazil and Paraguay were also affected by the outage. In a series of tweets, Edesur Argentina, one of the nation's largest energy providers, claimed that "a massive failure in the electrical interconnection system" caused the power outage. As of now, the country is reportedly beginning to restore power, a process that is expected to take "several hours."

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