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URSY.NEWS / The Guardian / 20 Oct 2026

‘For Panama, it is life or death’: how drought is choking the canal that feeds a nation

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Failed rains and a dire El Niño threaten the waterway that sustains the country, with farmers selling cattle to surviveThe cattle should be ambling, grazing contentedly, through Robert Delgado’s fields. Instead, the animals slump in the shade, tongues lolling, in futile attempts to avoid the blistering heat. Soon it will matter little whether their appetite returns, for there will be no grass lef…

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