Colombia releases $527M for flood relief
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the immediate release of $527 million to help victims of floods that have devastated the north of Colombia. The money will be available Thursday…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the immediate release of $527 million to help victims of floods that have devastated the north of Colombia. The money will be available Thursday…
U.S. Senator John McCain will visit Colombia for the first time after he lost the 2008 presidential elections to Barack Obama, reports newspaper El Tiempo. According to the newspaper, Senators…
Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos will appoint a government delegate to coordinate reconstruction efforts in the north of Colombia where floods have destroyed crops, houses, and infrastructure, the mayor of…
Colombia plans to raise 3.3 trillion pesos ($1.6 billion) by lowering the threshold of the net worth tax to help fund reconstruction costs after heavy rains battered the nation, the…
Colombia’s Ministry of Environment has ordered the temporary suspension of airport runway curfews in order to better provide aid to areas in Colombia that have been affected by this year’s…
Russia sent 25 tons of humanitarian aid to Colombia, where floods have devastated large parts of the country. According to Russian news agency Ria Novosti, Russia sent a plane with…
The reconstruction of Colombia’s Caribbean coastal departments will take years, the governor of Bolivar, one of the departments devastated by floods, said Monday. Governor Felipe Merlano told Caracol Radio “it…
This year’s rainy season has killed 303 people and has left more than 2.2 million victims in Colombia so far, authorities said Saturday. According to President Juan Manuel Santos, this…
A landslide in the southern Colombian Nariño department killed 13 people and injured 29, local authorities said Friday. The tragedy took place Thursday in the village of San Gerardo, where…