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Bolivia declares state of emergency over El Nino

LA PAZ: Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency Saturday to free up resources for dealing with the impact of the El Nino weather phenomenon, wreaking havoc around the world. The decree also calls for deploying more rescue teams in hard-hit areas as Bolivia grapples with both flooding and drought because of El Nino, Paz said in an address to the nation. “This will be a phenomenon that will have very severe impacts in terms of drought and floods, and we need the cooperation of