Argentina Sends Personnel and Humanitarian Aid to Colombia After the Earthquake
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The contingent is made up of 32 troops and was organized on the basis of the needs reported by the Colombian authorities.The mission transports a potable plant, a field kitchen, communication equipment and 7,500 emergency rations.
Argentina sends personnel and humanitarian aid to Colombia after the earthquake
The mission flew in an operation coordinated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, under the supervision of the Ministry of Defense, and in coordination with the Colombian authorities. "Where the cause is just, there is Argentina," said Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno.
The Argentine government announced the sending of humanitarian aid to Colombia, after the earthquake of magnitude 7.4 that shook the country and that left 312 confirmed dead so far and 4,611 wounded. Through a press release published on social networks, Chancellery confirmed the dispatch of humanitarian aid, a deployment that "is the result of a coordinated work" between the Argentine and Colombian government "and according to the needs identifi…
Because of the earthquake on August 10, according to President Abelardo De la Espriella, "to date 289 compatriots have been reported dead, 4,187 injured and 143 disappeared. More than 120,328 families have been registered as affected, 26,945 homes have been destroyed and more than 127,557 homes have been damaged." Read more
Argentina today sent two planes with humanitarian assistance to Colombia in response to the emergency caused by the earthquake that affected the west of the Andean country on August 10, the Foreign Ministry said. The powerful earthquake has so far left 304 dead and 4,548 injured, according to the most recent assessment of the Colombian disaster management authority, demolished thousands of houses, towers of buildings, schools and hospitals. The …
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