Chile

Of­fi­cials say the amount of rain­fall dur­ing the south­ern hemi­sphere win­ter will de­cide whether ra­tioning need­ed.

Gabriel Boric, who took of­fice last week, pledged to take strong stance on cli­mate change and en­vi­ron­men­tal reg­u­la­tion.

Boric, elect­ed on an am­bi­tious so­cial-de­mo­c­ra­t­ic agen­da, will over­see a ref­er­en­dum on Chile’s new con­sti­tu­tion.