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The tariffs have increased four fold in Guatemala in the past twelve months. The permanent energy cuts damage home appliances with high costs and the people affected have not been provided with solutions by the state. This state of affairs in Guatemala is the result of the bad services provided by electricity supplier companies Deorsa and Deocsa, both subsidiaries of Spanish company Union Fenosa. This European corporation is also being questioned for its operations in Colombia, Mexico and Nicaragua. A study published in the recent days by Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre says that the problems in the electricity supply have become “a major concern as the unrestratined wave of violence or the high cost of living”.

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