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As Global Leaders Talk Climate, Women in the Dry Corridor Are Working to Survive

Advocacy in Canada

While Central America is responsible for only 0.5 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, families living in the Dry Corridor of El Salvador are heavily affected by the deepening…

by Anya Knechtel | April 20, 2021

Hurricane Iota lands a new blow onto Central America, Oxfam ready to respond

Emergency Response
Natural Disasters

Millions of people in Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, already hit by damage from last month’s monster hurricane, Eta, are now facing an even bigger crisis from Iota, a…

by Paula Baker | November 17, 2020

Latin America’s spring harvest is El Niño’s latest victim, putting millions at risk of malnutrition

Families across Latin America are running out of food and options as farmers report another failed harvest due to intense and unpredictable weather patterns compounded by El Niño. Already, El…

by alvaro | May 6, 2016