{"id":483748,"date":"2025-09-22T06:27:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/leonel-on-blackout-at-the-aila-if-we-cannot-guarantee-energy-at-the-airport-that-is-a-disaster-for-tourism\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T06:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:27:25","slug":"leonel-on-blackout-at-the-aila-if-we-cannot-guarantee-energy-at-the-airport-that-is-a-disaster-for-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/leonel-on-blackout-at-the-aila-if-we-cannot-guarantee-energy-at-the-airport-that-is-a-disaster-for-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonel on blackout at the AILA: if we cannot guarantee energy at the Airport, that is a disaster for tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW YORK. <\/strong>&#8211; Former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez lamented this Saturday the prolonged &#8220;blackout&#8221; that occurred at the Las Am\u00e9ricas International Airport (AILA) which caused the delay of several flights.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to an Oath in New York, the three-time president recalled that the Dominican Republic is sustained by tourism and the inability to guarantee electrical energy at the airport shows a bad image of the country.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that the blackouts, which extend for 4, 8, 10 and even 12 hours, have gotten out of control. &#8220;We are a tourist country, we depend on aviation and if we cannot guarantee that the airport has electricity, that is a disaster for us,&#8221; said Fern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that although there are other problems in the country, the blackouts have become a calamity that has gotten out of control. He considered the situation to be distressing and urged the Government to find a solution to this problem.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition leader spoke in these terms before heading an oath at the headquarters of the Fuerza del Pueblo Party in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK. &#8211; Former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez lamented this Saturday the prolonged &#8220;blackout&#8221; that occurred at the Las Am\u00e9ricas International Airport (AILA) which caused the delay of several flights. Prior to an Oath in New York, the three-time president recalled that the Dominican Republic is sustained by tourism and the inability to guarantee electrical energy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133537,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-483748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Paola Castillo","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-paola-castillo-f-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}