SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic—The Dominican Republic faced a widespread power outage on Tuesday, leaving the capital city of Santo Domingo and other regions in the dark. The blackout, attributed to a ‘transmission system failure,’ was announced by the state-owned energy company ETED, though the exact scale of the disruption remains unclear. The outage impacted critical public services, including the metro and cable car systems in Santo Domingo, prompting the evacuation of stranded passengers. While some areas retained electricity and internet connectivity, social media reports confirmed outages across multiple regions. This incident follows weeks of recurring power failures, with outages lasting up to 10 hours in recent weeks. Authorities have cited insufficient maintenance and illegal connections as primary causes of the ongoing energy crisis, exacerbating the strain on the nation’s infrastructure and its 11 million residents.