Uruguay’s government is mobilizing a coordinated national response to the advancing Super El Niño phenomenon, with President Yamandú Orsi announcing a high-level meeting next week between the National Emergency System (Sinae) and regional intendents.
The gathering aims to establish new protocols to manage the escalating climate risks facing the country.
The agency warned that this rapid ocean warming poses significant threats to agricultural output and infrastructure across the Southern Cone.
The move comes as the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed that El Niño has developed and is set to intensify rapidly into a strong climate event between July and September.
The agency warned that this rapid ocean warming poses significant threats to agricultural output and infrastructure across the Southern Cone.
Markets are monitoring the situation closely, particularly given the precedent set by Peru, where economic expansion decelerated sharply in May 2026 to just 1.8% year-on-year.
That figure marked the weakest growth pace in six months, breaking a streak of expansion above 3% and signaling the severe macroeconomic drag that extreme weather events can impose on commodity-dependent economies.