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The tiny South American country of Uruguay has faced a historic drought over the last three years. Freshwater reserves are now running dangerously low. In an effort to overcome the water shortage, authorities are now supplementing public drinking water from new saltier reservoirs. And it is causing an uproar.
Uruguay s Economy Ministry Monday greenlighted the tax-free import of bottled water as one of the measures against the drought affecting Montevideo and the metropolitan area, it was reported. Meanwhile, Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado confirmed that the desalination plant to be brought from Houston does not fit by 15 centimeters in the C-130 Hercules aircraft sent to pick it up and it will therefore take a few weeks to reach South America by ship.
The second meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 2) to the first environmental treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean began in Buenos Aires with the presence of Argentine President Alberto Fernández, authorities from various countries of the region, representatives of regional and international organizations, and members of the public.
President Alberto Fernández will speak at the opening session of the COP 2 of Latin America and the Caribbean’s first environmental treaty, on April 19 at the Centro Cultural Kirchner in Buenos Aires.