Honduras responds to power shortages with rolling blackouts

  • 10 years ago
A hot Central American summer has led to shortfalls in thermoelectric power in the region prompting the government in Tegucigalpa to announce a plan of rolling blackouts that are taking a major toll on small and micro businesses. Critics blame international agencies for having pressured the region to abandon clean energy power projects and focus instead on thermoelectric facilities as a source of the crisis. teleSUR