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Dry Corridor and Caribbean face drought risks
20/04/2026
In Central America's Dry Corridor and the northern Caribbean, El Niño is associated with rainfall deficits, agricultural drought, and heat waves, mainly affecting maize and beans in family farming systems. Latin America's agricultural sector absorbs 26% of climate disaster damages on average and up to 82% during droughts, with additional impacts on Caribbean coastal fisheries from equatorial Pacific warming.
(Castellanos, 2026)
Salazar Castellanos, D. (2026, abril 20). Fenómeno de El Niño: mapa de cultivos y países de América Latina que tendrían mayores riesgos en 2026. Bloomberg Línea. https://www.bloomberglinea.com/economia/fenomeno-de-el-nino-mapa-de-cultivos-y-paises-de-america-latina-que-tendrian-mayores-riesgos-en-2026/