Bolivia has declared a national emergency due to severe drought exacerbated by the advancing El Niño phenomenon, affecting over 78,000 families, per EFE.
The government is implementing measures to mitigate water shortages and agricultural impacts, as reported by euronews.
Local communities are also preparing for the traditional Day of the Dead celebrations, which blend indigenous Andean traditions with Mexican All Saints’ Day customs, according to the daytondailynews.com.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E7, ecosystems; the pressure it names: drought crisis. Its words also reach E10 institutions, E9 cultures and E12 states.
Here it is a dynamic between ecosystems, institutions and cultures: severe drought, El Niño phenomenon and indigenous Andean traditions (E7 ecosystems), with water shortages and agricultural impacts (E10 institutions), and Day of the Dead celebrations and All Saints’ Day customs (E9 cultures).
The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: severe drought, El Niño phenomenon, indigenous Andean traditions.
The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: water shortages, agricultural impacts.
The floor of culture and meaning. In this briefing: Day of the Dead celebrations, All Saints’ Day customs.
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: The government.