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Avocado town becomes symbol of Chile's water war
BY ANA FERNANDEZ (AFP) 14 HOURS AGO
Karina Torres has spent more than seven years without running water in her home in central Chile. Yet, across the road, water flows in abundance to irrigate thousands of hectares of avocados.
It's one of the paradoxes of this South American country's push for progress. With water growing ever more scarce, glistening green cash crops are taking precedence over a local town's claims to the supply.
Last year's rains brought a little relief to the town of Calle Larga, in a subtropical zone 150 kilometers (90 miles) northeast of Santiago.
Briefly, water flowed from taps again. And Karina could shower and water the few animals that survived the prolonged drought.
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