San Juan, October 18 (RHC)-- In Puerto Rico, over 4,000 people took to the streets of San Juan over the weekend to protest ongoing and worsening power outages and increases in energy costs following the U.S.-imposed privatization of the electricity grid.
Demonstrators chanted “Get out, LUMA!” as they shut down traffic on a main highway. LUMA, a U.S. and Canadian company, took over Puerto Rico’s transmission and distribution of power in June.
Residents of the island say the power cuts have damaged appliances and can be life-threatening to those who rely on certain medical machines.
