Mighty river to muddy trickle: South America's Parana rings climate alarm

A waterfall from the Monday River, wich flows to the Parana River, is pictured in Presidente Franco, Paraguay October 12, 2021. Picture taken October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Cesar Olmedo

CHARIGUE, Argentina (Reuters) - Gustavo Alcides Diaz, an Argentine fisherman and hunter from a river island community, is at home on the water. The Parana River once lapped the banks near his wooden stilt home that he could reach by boat. Fish gave him food and income. He purified river water to drink.

Now the 40-year-old looks out on a trickle of muddy water.