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Bolivia declares national emergency over El Nino drought and flood risk
President Rodrigo Paz signed Supreme Decree 5759 on Oct. 31 declaring a national emergency for drought and El Nino-related hazards, eju.tv and AFP-reported accounts said.
Wire reporting: (AFP, via CNA)
Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz signed Supreme Decree 5759 in La Paz on Saturday, Oct. 31, declaring a national emergency over drought and hazards the government links to El Nino 2026-20274.
Al Jazeera, CNA and Arab News reported the same step as a state of emergency meant to free resources as Bolivia faces both drought and flooding1,2,3.
The decree, published by eju.tv from the Official Gazette, follows CONARADE Resolution 014/2026 of Oct. 30 recommending a national emergency for drought and related events4.
It cites existing drought in the Altiplano, valleys and Chaco and imminent risk of frost, hail, forest fires, floods, flash floods and river overflows, and charges ministers with carrying it out under Risk Management Law 6024.
A government report released this week said drought is affecting 78,000 families in six of Bolivia's nine departments and has led to the loss of more than 75,000 cattle1,2,3.
Al Jazeera, CNA and Arab News said Paz also called for more rescue teams in hard-hit areas and, in a national address, said the pattern would have severe drought and flood effects and that institutions needed to cooperate1,2,3.
Al Jazeera said the pattern is due to peak in late 20261.
CNA and Arab News, carrying AFP, said the United Nations warned this week that the current El Nino could have unprecedented strength affecting Latin America, eastern and southern Africa, Asia and the Pacific2,3.
Those AFP accounts also said Peru has seen higher temperatures and wildfires that killed at least 12 people, and that Santiago, Chile, recorded its rainiest October on record2,3.
The Bolivian decree text does not include the family, cattle or U.N. figures; Al Jazeera's available text did not include the decree number1,4.
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Bolivia declares state of emergency over El Nino weather pattern
Family and cattle drought losses and a late-2026 peak.
Reports a Bolivian emergency over El Nino, with drought affecting 78,000 families and more than 75,000 cattle lost as the pattern is due to peak in late 2026.
Leaves out The decree number, CONARADE recommendation, and the U.N. warning cited by AFP-based accounts.
Bolivia declares state of emergency over El Nino
Gives this outlet’s account of the story.
Same copy also at: (AFP, via CNA)
Conozca el Decreto Supremo 5759 que declara Situacion de Emergencia Nacional en Bolivia por el fenomeno El Nino
The legal basis, CONARADE Resolution 014/2026, and listed hazards for 2026-2027.
Publishes the full text of Supreme Decree 5759 signed in La Paz on Oct. 31, 2026.
Leaves out The 78,000-family and 75,000-cattle figures reported by Al Jazeera and AFP.