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Dengue, drought, and floods are hammering Peru and Bolivia this year. At the UN climate talks, they’re seeking justice.

Dengue, drought, and floods are hammering Peru and Bolivia this year. At the UN climate talks, they’re seeking justice.

People born in Peru after 2000 will experience nine El Nino events over their lifetime -- three times as many as their parents.

Junin farmers grow potatoes but also raise sheep, alpacas, cows and small camelids called vicunas

Once brimful, the lakes dotting this mountainous region -- some 4,700 meters above sea level -- are now depressingly dry -- a "rain deficit" caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, said Luis

Many farmers are giving up and leaving for the cities

Between January and September, Perus agricultural production plummeted by 3.6 percent compared to the same period in 2022, according to official data

A light rain barely moistens the soil in the drought-stricken region of Junin in central Peru. It does nothing to bring relief to farmers in Latin Americas biggest potato producer.

A light rain barely moistens the soil in the drought-stricken region of Junin in central Peru.With about 1.2 million inhabitants -- about one in five of whom live in poverty -- the Junin region is one of Peru's main producers of non-genetically modified potatoes.

Peru eradicated more than 22,500 hectares of illegal coca crops this year, thanks to the work carried out by the <a href=" https://www.gob.pe/mininter"target="_blank"