Colombia's Earthquake: the First Big Test for De La Espriella
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Yeiner Mena had just completed the construction of a new house with the woman in the remote Colombian city of Quibdó when the strongest earthquake in 50 years reduced it to rubble. We lost everything, Mena said, 30 years old. We are alone. The challenge of the new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, is to prove to families like Mena that they are not. Conservative lawyer and political outsider, Espriella took possession last Friday promising to…
The earthquake of magnitude 7.4 with epicenter in San José de Palmar that struck Colombia on Monday, three days after the possession of Abelardo de la Espriella, will force the president to redistribute the resources that he had planned for his offensive against paramilitary organizations, analysts consulted by La Tercera point out.
Hundreds of dead and missing persons, as well as thousands of wounded, are the victims of the 7.4 magnitude earthquake, with an epicenter in San José del Palmar (Chocó), which took place in Colombia on 10 August. Due to its great magnitude, this natural catastrophe constitutes a seismic event with devastating consequences, especially in the area of Cali, Pereira, Armenia, Manizales, Quibdó, and other populations of the Colombian west. It will ta…
Abelardo de la Espriella, president of Colombia. Photo: press Abelardo. President Abelardo de la Espriella’s first week of government was marked by the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck the country on August 10 and, according to official figures, has left more than 280 dead. Parallel to the emergency, the new administration opened at least three fronts in its foreign policy that drew the attention of the international community: the managemen…
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