Uruguay: Green Bills Over Blue Gold

By Global Issues

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jun 19 (IPS) – Drinking water is running out in Uruguay — this headline got the small South American country onto international news. Prolonged drought has brought the reservoir and river that supply the capital Montevideo down to 10 per cent of their normal water level. Unless the rain comes, there is sufficient water only until mid-June, at best.

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