date:Aug 11, 2014
y gang violence and poverty, which have driven families and unaccompanied children to migrate illegally to the United States.
The drought has swept across a region known as the dry corridor, which covers nearly a third of Central America, where 10 million people live, according to a 2013 study by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.
Nicaragua's government says the country is enduring its worst drought since 1976. The first harvest, which takes place between May and August, has yielded n