xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoA resident walks near the Salar de Uyuni, a salt lake in Bolivia, on January 11, 2014 [Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff and AFPPublished On 1 Nov 20261 Nov 2026Bolivia has declared a nationwide state of emergency to free up resources to deal with the effects of the El Nino weather phenomenon.