Tag: Lack of water

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  Desperate Caracas residents look for water at the sewage system

  

  As Venezuela's five-day power blackout left homes without water, Lilibeth Tejedor found herself looking for it on Monday in the last place she would have imagined: a drain pipe feeding into a river carrying sewage through the capital, Caracas.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Lack of water and power collapses Venezuelan public hospitals

  

  Venezuela's hospitals, already struggling with shortages of supplies and equipment amid an economic meltdown, entered crisis mode last Thursday when the South American nation's power system went down.

• Thursday, March 22nd 2018 - 22:33 UTC

  “Water for sustainable development”: UN Secretary-General's message at launch of international decade for action

  

  I am pleased to be with you on World Water Day to launch the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development.