Costa Rica to ration electricity as drought bites

San Jose (AFP) May 9, 2024

Costa Rica has become the latest Latin American country to introduce rationing due to drought, announcing Thursday it will limit access to electricity for which it relies heavily on hydro-generation. Dams that feed the country's hydro-electric plants were low due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, officials said. "This El Nino has really been the most complicated in the history of Costa