Ecuador is in the middle of an electricity emergency. The mountainous sierra region is not getting enough rain to produce power in the hydroelectric facilities (the represa del Paute, above) that provide light to much of the country. The crisis is expected to linger - it's cloudy today but we need several days of rain to really get the lights back full time - and may become more serious.
According to the El Comercio newspaper and many other news sources here, the Colombians don't have much luz to sell us right now, either. The Comercio is running schedules of the blackouts, and so far the electric company has been following the hours they set. They also offer algunos "tips" for dealing with the power losses and review the economic losses, the details of which are not yet known.
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