Rural Chileans can barely wash their hands, but the avocados nearby are thriving. The country has been battling a mega drought for over a decade, and rivers and reservoirs in Chile have dried to dust. In this episode, we're asking who has access to water, who doesn't, and how hard that is to change during the coronavirus outbreak.

In this episode: 

Lucia Newman (@lucianewman), Al Jazeera editor for Latin America.

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Rural Chileans can barely wash their hands, but the avocados nearby are thriving. The country has been battling a mega drought for over a decade, and rivers and reservoirs in Chile have dried to dust. In this episode, we're asking who has access to water, who doesn't, and how hard that is to change during the coronavirus outbreak.In this episode: Lucia Newman (<a href="https://twitter.com/lucianewman " target="_blank">@lucianewman</a>), <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/profile/lucia-newman.html " target="_blank">Al Jazeera editor</a> for Latin America.For more:<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/chile-postpone-constitution-referendum-covid-19-200324185539302.html " target="_blank">Chile to postpone constitution referendum over COVID-19</a><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/communities-fight-coronavirus-don-water-200322225523769.html" target="_blank">How do communities fight coronavirus when they don't have water?</a><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/chiles-epic-dry-spell-enters-critical-phase-200210093253744.html" target="_blank">Chile drought enters critical phase</a>Connect with The Take:&nbsp;Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/AJTheTake" target="_blank">@AJTheTake</a>), Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajthetake/" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>) and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheTakePod/" target="_blank">@TheTakePod</a>).

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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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