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Community alert prevented deaths
19 people, mostly women farmers, operate the Community Hydroclimatic Monitoring Network in southern Ahuachapán, El Salvador; during Tropical Storm Julia, an alert issued after more than six hours of rain enabled vulnerable families to evacuate two h... -
Only 6% of budgets prevent future risks
83% of disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean are related to climate hazards, but only 6% of the regional risk-management budget is allocated to preventing future risks and 16% to reducing existing risks. -
1.7 million disaster displacements
1.7 million new internal displacements caused by disasters were recorded in 2024 in Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Haiti and Ecuador alone, according to the 2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement cited by the source. -
Soy up 7% and wheat down 15.8%
7% is the projected increase in soybean output to 53.6 million tonnes; wheat would fall 15.8% to 23.4 million tonnes and barley 7.4% to 5 million tonnes. -
US$41.497 billion in export revenue
US$41.497 billion in export revenue is projected, 6.9% more than in 2026; fiscal revenue would reach US$15.037 billion (+3.9%) and gross agro-industrial product US$54.297 billion (+5.9%).