Ecuador struck by power outage leaving 18 million in the dark

Power was restored on Wednesday afternoon, after the outage caused confusion on the streets of Quito as traffic lights ceased working

Power was nearly fully restored in Ecuador, hours after a nationwide electricity outage left the country of about 18 million in the dark, including the capital's subway system.

Public works minister Roberto Luque said in a post on X that 95% of service had been restored by late Wednesday afternoon.