Colombia decrees a second state of emergency, economic and ecological, across 15 departments

Brazil

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Regional Aid Donor Countries · 3 of 5 countries

Brazil is backing Colombia with concrete actions, sending rice via military aircraft as local media reports detail the worsening toll and the second economic emergency decree

Colombia

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Bogotá: Institutional and Budgetary Framework · 1 of 5 countries

Bogotá is weighing the budgetary cost of a second state of emergency, which extends the earthquake's impact to 15 departments and paves the way for expanded presidential powers.

Ecuador

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Regional Aid Donor Countries · 3 of 5 countries

Quito is mobilizing twelve tons of humanitarian aid to Colombia and is taking away from the earthquake a reminder of the seismic vulnerability shared by the entire Andean region.

Peru

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Regional Aid Donor Countries · 3 of 5 countries

Lima views the second Colombian decree as confirmation that a seismic crisis has turned into a structural crisis, while also noting Peru's contribution to the international aid sent to Bogotá.

Venezuela

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Venezuela: Nearby Neighbor and Isolated Areas · 1 of 5 countries

Caracas is assessing the scope of a crisis affecting a nearby neighbor, where entire communities remain unreachable ten days after the earthquake.