Andes Climate Crisis Sparks Political Turmoil and Migration to U.S.

Political instability and rising violent crime in Andean countries such as Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia are threatening their fragile governments and prompting hundreds of thousands of people to flee north to the United States. Ecuador's President faces an impeachment vote, Bolivia's government is hobbled by tumbling natural-gas exports, Peru's economy has contracted sharply since President Pedro Castillo was removed from office, and Colombian drug gangs run rampant in some rural regions.