Colombian President Declares Economic Emergency to Deal With Devastating Earthquake · Global Voices
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Colombia has declared a 30-day economic state of emergency to address the consequences of the earthquake. The decree, signed by the entire Council of Ministers on Wednesday evening local time, temporarily grants President Abelardo de la Espriella the authority to implement economic and fiscal regulations without parliamentary approval.
BOGOTÁ (AP) — Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella signed on Wednesday the decree declaring an “economic emergency” to deal with the ravages of the devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake that shook the country last week.
Abelardo de la Espriella has formally decreed this Wednesday night the economic emergency he announced a week ago. Colombian president takes the measure nine days after an earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit the west of the country, in a tragedy that has left more than 300 people dead and more than 30,000 homes destroyed, according to the most recent official figures. Continue reading
The president of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, declared on Wednesday the state of economic, social and ecological emergency due to the earthquake of magnitude 7.4 that devastated the center-west of the country on August 10, with the aim of facilitating the attention of the tragedy.In a decree, published by the Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic (Dapre), the president declared the economic emergency in fifteen depar…
Earthquake in Colombia The president of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, declared on Wednesday the state of economic, social and ecological emergency due to the earthquake of magnitude 7.4 that devastated the center-west of the country on August 10, with the aim of facilitating the attention of the tragedy.
COLOMBIA.- The president of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, declared on Wednesday the state of economic, social and ecological emergency due to the earthquake of magnitude 7.4 that devastated the center-west of the country on August 10, with the aim of facilitating the attention of the tragedy. In a decree, published by the Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic (Dapre), the president declared the economic emergency in f…
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