The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
September 23, 2016

Puerto Rico: Power Begins to Return After Island-Wide Blackout
--------------------------------------------------------------

In Puerto Rico, residents erupted in cheers late Thursday night as
neighborhoods began to emerge from an island-wide blackout, sparked by a
fire at a power plant on Wednesday. The blackout affected all 3.5
million people across Puerto Rico.


.