LATIN AMERICA ADVISOR

LATIN AMERICA ADVISOR

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December 12, 9523

Will Latin America’s Water Resource Struggles Continue?

Many parts of Latin America have experienced struggles recently with water. Among them is the Panama Canal, which has seen low water levels, affecting ship traffic. // File Photo: Panama Canal Authority.

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Jessica Eise, assistant professor of environmental and social challenges at the University of Texas at San Antonio: “We are staring down the barrel of a long-term climate crisis that extends beyond the climatic variations wrought by El Niño. There is no reason to anticipate that regional struggles will decrease in the future. They will continue to worsen every year, although there will be variations in the intensity and type of pressure, depending on the impact of extreme weather events and deviant climatic phenomenon on natural resources. No one can predict exactly what climatic changes will occur or…”

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Director,
Columbus Group

Merike Blofield
Professor of Political Science,
University of Hamburg

Devry Boughner Vorwerk
CEO,
DevryBV Sustainable Strategies

Joyce Chang
Global Head of Research,
J.P. Morgan

Marlene Fernández
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Arcos Dorados (McDonald’s)

Peter Hakim
President Emeritus,
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Director,
Adtalem Global Education

Jon E. Huenemann
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GLG Inc.

James R. Jones
Chairman,
Monarch Global Strategies

Craig Kelly
Senior Director,
Int’l Gov’t Relations,
Exxon Mobil

Barbara Kotschwar
Professor of Political Economy,
Georgetown University

John Maisto
Director,
US Education Finance Group

Nicolas Mariscal
Chairman,
Grupo Marhnos

Thomas F. McLarty III
Chairman,
McLarty Associates

Beatrice Rangel
Director,
AMLA Consulting

Ernesto Revilla
Head of Latin American Economics, Citi

Gustavo Roosen
President,
IESA

Andrés Rozental
President, Rozental &
Asociados

Shelly Shetty
Managing Director,
Sovereigns, Fitch

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