News - Latin America

The Dominican Republic has activated a national contingency plan after a five-month drought cut drinking water production by up to 35 percent, as an El Niño-driven regional drought also strains El Salvador and Mexico's border city of Tijuana.

Mexico's Conagua is advancing a $3.55 billion program to modernize irrigation across 250,000 hectares by 2030, redirecting water savings toward cities even as Mexico accepts a 17% cut to its Colorado River allocation under a new binational deal.