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From Our Own Correspondent: Uruguay Runs Dry

Uruguay Runs Dry

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, Uruguay Runs Dry

A long and severe drought in Uruguay has left locals in the capital drinking salty water.

A long and severe drought in Uruguay has caused the country's worst-ever water crisis. As fresh water reservoirs run dry, locals in the capital have been left drinking salty water.

Kate Adie introduces stories from Uruguay, India, Haiti, New Zealand and Botswana.  

A long and severe drought in Uruguay has caused the country's worst ever water crisis. As fresh water reservoirs run dry, water from the River Plate estuary has been added to the mix, leaving locals in the capital with a salty taste in their mouths - and an increasing reliance on bottled water. Dr Grace Livingstone discovers how it's affecting daily life.

The northeast Indian state of Manipur has been caught in a spiral of ethnic violence for two months, pitting the dominant Meitei community against the tribal Kuki people. Almost 150 have died in the violence, as the two communities become increasingly segregated, as Raghvendra Rao has found. 

Haiti has qualified for the football World Cup finals for the first time ever, and will take on England in their first game. Haiti is the poorest nation in the Americas, and plagued by earthquakes, political murders and gang violence. But the footballers are keen to project a more positive image to the world, as Joe Rindl heard when he spoke to Haiti goalkeeper, Kerly Theus.

A special holiday or the experience of expat life can lead to certain countries finding a special place in our hearts. That's what happened to Ash Bhardwaj in New Zealand, where he found that a polished blue aotea stone connects his baby daughter, his late mother - and Maori culture.

Botswana is now home to a third of Africa's elephants, and its Okawango delta has become something of an elephant sanctuary. But there are difficulties when the territories of animals and people overlap, reports John Murphy.

Producer: Arlene Gregorius
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith 
Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman 

(Photo: View of cracked earth at the Paso Severino reservoir amid a severe drought in Uruguay, taken in June 2023. Credit: EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP via Getty Images).

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