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In storm-hit Honduras, a climate crisis drives needs and fuels migration
‘They’re already losing so much with the El Niño droughts before this. I bet more and more people are going to leave after this.’
After claiming victory in Sunday’s election, former first lady Xiomara Castro is set to become the first female president of Honduras. In her manifesto, Castro vowed to fight corruption and relax abortion laws. But there are other challenges too. Last year, Jared Olson explored how droughts and storms – exacerbated by climate change – have caused rising hunger and helped to drive mass migration from the Central American nation to the United States.
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