Wednesday, July 1st, 2015
Stephan: Did you know the Caribbean is experiencing major water problems? Don't feel bad, almost nobody does outside the region. Corporate media can't bring itself yet to tell the truth about what is going on, or even to conceptualize the meta-view. But for the people who live on these island nations water is beginning to define their world in a new and scary way.
This June 15, 2015 photo shows mud cracks at the drought affected Carraizo reservoir in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. Thanks to El Nino, a warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects global weather, the worst drought in five years is creeping across the Caribbean, prompting officials around the region to brace for a bone dry summer.
Credit: AP/Ricardo Arduengo
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — The worst drought in five years is creeping across the Caribbean, prompting officials around the region to brace for a bone dry summer.
From Puerto Rico to Cuba to the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia, crops are withering, reservoirs are drying up and cattle are dying while forecasters worry that the situation could only grow worse in the coming […]