Ecuador vs. Colombia 2023-24

Several hours before you posted, I posted a new thread on

the Colombia forum about Colombia's current drought

and rolling 24-hour water cutoffs in the Bogtota region.

The current El Niño phenomenon is causing problems

not just in the Colombian capital district, but throughout most of

Latin America.

The drought has been going on a long time, so moving,

say, from Ecuador to Colombia may not solve the problem,

whether it concerns water or electricity.

For a broader context al respecto  I suggest Internet research

about El Niño, especially the current El Niño.  You might start

by reading my initial post at the new thread on the Colombia forum.

cccmedia, from Santander, Colombia

Flash!

Presidente Noboa has fired his energy minister

and declared q national state of emergency as

water-shortage electrical blackouts are

plaguing Ecuador this week.

El Presidente blames the blackouts on mismanagement,

inaction and failures of the previous administration.

Sr. Noboa also blamed "entrenched corruption" in

the public energy bureaucracy which he says

is largely responsible for the power grid failures

to minimize Ecuador's electrical blackouts.

This is a complicated situation, and it's recommended

that our members read the article dated today, April 17,

at www.cuencahighlife.com, on which this post is based ..

for more details on the various ramifications.

cccmedia

Manta Expat Don Shader has just posted a

first-hand YouTube video describing blackouts

on the coast and what he considers longterm

mismanagement of Ecuador's energy situation,

which came to a crisis point this week.

View this video at the Don Shader channel of

YouTube to see and hear Don's take.

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I just posted on the Colombia forum about

the Ecuadorian president's actions regarding

electrical blackouts plaguing Ecuador's

energy problems.  I have asked the Expat.com

home office to transfer that post to this thread.

cccmedia

@cccmedia

Itvwill happen in a lot of other places as well

At least we dont have to injest thick forest fire smoke in South América.. yet

My oldest daughter lives in Quito, she has told her mother, that yesterday she had 4 hours of no electric and that today it will be 8 hours without electric. Now according to my youngest daughter, that lives in Cali, she has seen a lack of rain.

correction on my earlier post, my youngest daughter has NOT seen a lack of rain

Just a general observation - both Colombia and Ecuador, as well as most South and Central American countries and Mexico, have poor infrastructures and have historically had problems providing public services such as water and electricity.  Also for many, roads are not up to developed world standards.

Most places in Colombia and Ecuador get plenty of rain, on average - but mostly they have not built dams and reservoirs and water treatment and delivery systems to ensure the people have ample clean water at all times.

Work holiday.

El Presidente has ordered a 'work holiday'

for today and tomorrow, Thursday and Friday,

to limit the use of electricity.

Supposedly this will allow blackouts to be

imposed so that hydroelectric energy-generating

equipment can be restored.

Sr. Noboa blames fired energy minister Andrea Arrobo

for concealing the extent of the crisis that led

to blackouts continuing into this week and

getting worse.

It's unclear from the Cuenca Highlife article

whether hospitals will be operating normally

or whether restaurants and food stores

will be allowed to operate.