Argentina's San Juan Province Minister of Production, Labor and Innovation, Gustavo Fernandez, speaks during an interview with AFP in San Juan, Argentina on April 24, 2026. The ever-blue sky of San Juan is no longer reflected in many of its rivers: the Argentine province is facing a persistent water shortage due to climate change, while mining advances across the Andes and its thousands of glaciers. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)

This aerial view shows the glacier known as Agua Negra, in the Andes mountain range in Calingasta, San Juan province, Argentina, on April 22, 2026, composed of exposed ice in its upper section and debris-covered ice in its lower section. The ever-blue sky of San Juan is no longer reflected in many of its rivers: the Argentine province is facing a persistent water shortage due to climate change, while mining advances across the Andes and its thousands of glaciers. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)

A man walks amid pistachio trees in a plantation in San Juan, Argentina on April 24, 2026. The ever-blue sky of San Juan is no longer reflected in many of its rivers: the Argentine province is facing a persistent water shortage due to climate change, while mining advances across the Andes and its thousands of glaciers. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)

AFP presents a visual story of 37 photos by Luis Robayo on Argentina's San Juan province, where a persistent water shortage linked to climate change contrasts with the advance of mining across the Andes and its glaciers, shot from April 20 to 25, 2026. Search for all these reportage images using: ARGENTINA-ECONOMY-ENVIRONMENT-WATER Search "REPORTAGE" to source all feature, magazine and visual story. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)

This aerial view shows grape crops in Villa Media Agua, on the outskirts of San Juan, Argentina on April 25, 2026. The ever-blue sky of San Juan is no longer reflected in many of its rivers: the Argentine province is facing a persistent water shortage due to climate change, while mining advances across the Andes and its thousands of glaciers. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)

A worker drives a tractor alongside a dog amid grape crops in Villa Media Agua, on the outskirts of San Juan, Argentina, on April 25, 2026. The ever-blue sky of San Juan is no longer reflected in many of its rivers: the Argentine province is facing a persistent water shortage due to climate change, while mining advances across the Andes and its thousands of glaciers. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)

This aerial view shows the Ullum Dam in San Juan, Argentina, on April 25, 2026. The ever-blue sky of San Juan is no longer reflected in many of its rivers: the Argentine province is facing a persistent water shortage due to climate change, while mining advances across the Andes and its thousands of glaciers. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)

A dog stands amid grape crops in Villa Media Agua, on the outskirts of San Juan, Argentina on April 25, 2026. The ever-blue sky of San Juan is no longer reflected in many of its rivers: the Argentine province is facing a persistent water shortage due to climate change, while mining advances across the Andes and its thousands of glaciers. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)