El Niño Will Challenge the New Andean Right
Presidents-elect Keiko Fujimori and Abelardo De La Espriella face risks of disaster and instability in their first months in office.
LIMA—This year El Niño, potentially the worst ever recorded, will be a challenge all over Latin America. But it will pose special risk to two right-wing presidents who won by narrow margins, and they take office just as the phenomenon begins to bite. Near the city of Paita, in northern Peru, water temperatures were already a stunning 14.2 degrees Fahrenheit above average in June. Peru’s climate agencies expect this year’s El Niño to be especially strong from November to next March, foreseeing flooding in the north, drought in the south, and disruptive heat on the coast. In...
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