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A street vendor uses a generator-powered light bulb amid rolling blackouts in Manta, Ecuador, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

A street vendor uses a generator-powered light bulb amid rolling blackouts in Manta, Ecuador, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Monica Valiente waits for customers in her candle-lit bakery during a rolling blackout in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Monica Valiente waits for customers in her candle-lit bakery during a rolling blackout in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Cancer patient Linda Vidal, who relies on an electricity-powered oxygen concentrator to breathe properly, sits for an interview to talk about her physical and mental health amid the electricity cuts of up to 14 hours a day to deal with a severe drought, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Cancer patient Linda Vidal, who relies on an electricity-powered oxygen concentrator to breathe properly, sits for an interview to talk about her physical and mental health amid the electricity cuts of up to 14 hours a day to deal with a severe drought, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Cancer patient Linda Vidal, who relies on an electricity-powered oxygen concentrator to breathe properly, waits as Gabriela rolls her concentrator out of an elevator, amid the electricity cuts of up to 14 hours a day to deal with a severe drought, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Cancer patient Linda Vidal, who relies on an electricity-powered oxygen concentrator to breathe properly, waits as Gabriela rolls her concentrator out of an elevator, amid the electricity cuts of up to 14 hours a day to deal with a severe drought, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Cancer patient Linda Vidal, who relies on an electricity-powered oxygen concentrator to breathe properly, sits for an interview to talk about her physical and mental health amid the electricity cuts of up to 14 hours a day to deal with a severe drought, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Cancer patient Linda Vidal, who relies on an electricity-powered oxygen concentrator to breathe properly, sits for an interview to talk about her physical and mental health amid the electricity cuts of up to 14 hours a day to deal with a severe drought, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)