El Niño Drought Deepens Rural Poverty and Child Hunger in Central America

Published on Honduras Daily · Sep 14, 2026 · Originally reported September 14, 2026 by Infobae – Honduras

An Oxfam report on the dry corridor across El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras warns that El Niño-linked drought has slashed grain harvests, killed livestock, cut water access, and forced families to buy costly food, hitting rural women and children hardest and raising the risk of malnutrition.

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