Vulnerable Brazil: 53 million people in 11 states in the dark for over four hours

Friday, October 26th 2012 - 21:20 UTC

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A massive blackout left as many as 53 million Brazilians in the dark late Thursday and early Friday, the latest in a string of energy shortages that have raised questions about whether Brazil's infrastructure is keeping pace with economic growth. Read full article

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Uruguayan_And_Proud
This is not a good sign for brazils government. This and the fact that they might not be ready for the 2014 world cup. It shows that if you want to have a seat in the world government, these things should be easily fixable.
Oct 26th, 2012 - 10:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Guzz
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Power supply and complex grid in a nation of 170M “easily fixable”... You have no clue what world you landed on, do you?
Oct 26th, 2012 - 10:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Uruguayan_And_Proud
Take a look at United states, and youll see what im refering to. Also, if i am incorrect about that little part, the rest of my comment stands. They are trying very hard to try and finish the stadiums before 2014, and they are very behind schedule. And this problem in thieir power grid is going to be very costly, and they should have forseen it. I know you cant predict everything, but if they took a look and thought for a second “hey is our power grid going to meet and supply our demand not only now but in the future?” they would have seen this problem before it happened.
Oct 26th, 2012 - 11:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DeMouraBR
The fact is that the majority of power projects are being barred because of ambiental activists. Examples are the Belo Monte dam and the a new nuclear power plant in Angra's complex. The later is the worst, as the equipments have been bought for 20 years by now.
Oct 27th, 2012 - 12:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Guzz
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Environment is one of the problems you face when you construct a stable power supply. Brazil is sky-rocketing in its development and ut is only a matter of time before she is consisered developed enough to commit itself to the harder demands of the Kyoto agreement.
Oct 27th, 2012 - 07:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ljordao
@5:

No, Brazil is not the tiger you have imagined. It would be so, were it not for the massive presence of the federal government in all areas of social life. The biggest Brazilian problem is Brasília. I would gladly give that square and all the bureaucrats in it to Argentina in exchange for no more bitching and whining about the Falkland Islands. That would be a win-win-win deal: Brazil would finally become a developed country, the Falkland Islands would no longer be bullied by their colonialist neighbour, and Argentina would restore its macho pride.
Oct 27th, 2012 - 01:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
Brasil forever....with or without blackout! Foreigners, chilindios, we are Brazilians....with proud!
Oct 27th, 2012 - 11:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
Power from argieland! Or did Paraguay flick the “Off” switch?
Oct 28th, 2012 - 02:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ProRG_American
No blackouts in Argentina for some time now. Not following the “Barazilian Model” I suppose.
Oct 29th, 2012 - 11:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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British_Kirchnerist
#9 And if there was one, would it just get 9 comments on mercopress?! And if Cristina used to be energy minister... =)
Nov 01st, 2012 - 02:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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