From next month, fewer ships will be allowed to pass through the Panama Canal. The reason is the drought, which has been made worse by the El Niño weather phenomenon.
A year ago, almost all the inhabitants of the island of Gardí Sugdub in Panama left, following warnings that their homes would be swallowed up by the sea. All that remains is silence and a few people. ‘I will die here,’ says 62-year-old Luciana Pérez, who has chosen to stay.
A small island in the Caribbean Sea is slowly disappearing. Hundreds of people are now getting ready to flee the rising waters that threaten their homes. It is the first island in Latin America from which people have to flee due to sea level rise, says Maribel Pinto from Panama's climate delegation.
