Govt to propose emergency budget for flood victims
The government is set to put forward its “plan B” to assist victims of the rainy season’s devastating floods after the Constitutional Court rejected an extension to the flood emergency…
The government is set to put forward its “plan B” to assist victims of the rainy season’s devastating floods after the Constitutional Court rejected an extension to the flood emergency…
Food aid for nearly 40,000 families affected by last year’s flooding is close to perishing as a local chamber of commerce has suspended delivery to victims due to apparent cost…
Colombia’s National Police donated over $1 million to the victims of the recent catastrophic rainy season, El Espectador reported Tuesday. Colombia Humanitaria was presented a with a check by police…
An Emergency Plan to address damage to Colombia’s agriculture caused by last year’s extended rainy season requires an investment of $900,000, President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday. “We will need, at least…
The Colombian government issued six new decrees Thursday to help victims of 2010’s catastrophic rainy season, according to a press release on the presidential website. Among the measures passed by…
The popular bullfight Corralejas de Sincelejo is set to begin Friday despite floods having devastated the northern Colombian region, reported newspaper El Universal Wednesday. The Committee for Disaster Prevention met…
Over 120 caymans escaped from a farm in a flooded town in the northern Colombian Bolivar department, and authorities are warning locals to avoid the dangerous large reptiles, reports Caracol.…
Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno Rojas said that 10,000 people have been affected by floods and landslides in Colombia’s capitol this year. The most-affected areas are the neighborhoods in the hills…
This year’s prolonged rainy season is taking a heavy toll on Colombia’s infrastructure, Caracol Radio reported on Tuesday. Heavy rains and landslides destroyed 452 roads, 25 bridges, 88 aqueducts, 8…