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Violence and poverty have forced millions of Central Americans to flee their homes, but as the global climate crisis deepens, drought, famine and environmental destruction are playing a growing role in driving the exodus

  • Views Of Honduras' Capital City As Economic Activity Expanded<br>The Choluteca River is seen from downtown Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. Economic activity in Honduras expanded 6.4 % since August 2016, the central bank said. Photographer: Daniele Volpe/Bloomberg

    ‘It won’t be long’: why a Honduran community will soon be under water

    Rising sea levels are destroying coastal towns in Honduras – and shrimp farms which export to the UK and US are making it worse
  • Victor Funez and his daughter Patricia carry water pitchers back to their house after filling them up at a cemetery tap.

    Living without water: the crisis pushing people out of El Salvador

    El Salvador will run out of water within 80 years unless radical action is taken, a study found, while corporate interests, corruption and gangs worsen the problem
  • Climate Migrants in Chiquimula<br>Carlos Gutierrez, 20, plants corn along a sloped terrain as his niece Delmi, 6, watches from behind. Carlos and other members of the Gutierrez family plant corn seeds after a large rainfall, one of the first of the rainy season. Gior, Camotan, Chiquimula, Guatemala. May 18, 2019.

    'People are dying': how the climate crisis has sparked an exodus to the US

  • Wendy García she is currently living Portland, Oregon, a sanctuary city, in a temporary accommodation organised by a local group helping asylum seekers , until they are granted refugee status. Photo: Encarni Pindado

    Why I'm fleeing Honduras to seek asylum in the US

    Wendy García
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