AGP Executive Report
Last update: 40 minutes agoTropical Storm Cristina: Western Nicaragua is getting hammered as Cristina lingers off the coast, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, floods, landslides, and major road damage—reports cite up to 300 mm in a day, with seawater seeping into coastal neighborhoods and a sinkhole swallowing a truck on the highway to Masaya. El Niño Watch: Scientists say El Niño has arrived and could intensify into a very strong event by late year, raising drought fears in Central America’s “Dry Corridor” (including Nicaragua) and boosting the odds of extreme swings in rainfall. Invasive Wildlife Threat: The New World screwworm fly continues its northward comeback, with new confirmed cases in the U.S. (Texas and New Mexico), triggering quarantines and raising concern for animal health and regional spread risk—linked by experts to cattle smuggling and cross-border movement. Illegal Mining & Pollution (Region): Costa Rica’s Crucitas gold crisis is deepening as illegal mining spreads, with authorities warning of toxic contamination from mercury and cyanide and escalating border-and-organized-crime tensions near Nicaragua.
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