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Latin American Economy & Business - September 2015 (ISSN 1741-7430)

El Niño: Water, water (but not everywhere)

As the El Niño weather pattern develops, expect increased media coverage of Latin America’s water problem. Whether ‘problem’ is the right word is open to debate, given that the region has greater water resources than many other parts of the world. But it is clear that there is an issue: the El Niño turbulence highlights that different parts of the region have either too much or too little water, and struggle to cope with floods, drought and extreme weather. Here we look at what governments and other players might need to do to better manage water resources.

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