Apagar Paga: Energy Shortages in the Andes Rebecca O’Connor, Tamara Lorenzo ˙ May 17, 2016 ˙ Voces Camerafiend / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Prolonged droughts caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon combined with the impacts of climate change are exposing Latin America's severe vulnerability to reliance on hydropower. Read more +