Colombia Declares National Mourning After Devastating Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake
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- La Silla Vacia
- El Tiempo
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- The Economist
- CNN Brasil
- Folha de S.Paulo
- Le Monde
- France 24
- La Tercera
- Frankfurter Allgemeine
- Corriere della Sera
- Al Jazeera
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A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, August 10, with its epicenter near San José del Palmar in the Chocó province. The disaster has caused widespread destruction across several departments, including Chocó, Valle del Cauca, Caldas, Risaralda, and Quindío. Death toll estimates vary across reports, with figures ranging from 181 to over 254 people deceased and thousands more injured. The earthquake caused the collapse of numerous buildings and damaged thousands of homes, health centers, and schools. In the city of Pereira, residents faced power outages and significant structural damage, while in Cali, a night time curfew was implemented to facilitate rescue operations.
Rescue teams have reported several miraculous survivals. In Pereira, a 32 year old woman named Daniela Largo Sánchez was rescued alive after being trapped under rubble for 36 hours. In Cali, a two month old baby named Salomón and his father were recovered from the ruins of a five story building. Despite these successes, hundreds of people remain missing, and search efforts continue using cranes, dogs, and manual labor.
President Abelardo de la Espriella, who took office on August 7, declared three days of national mourning and a state of national disaster. He has promised economic subsidies for those who lost their homes. International aid has arrived or been pledged, including 15 million dollars from the United States, 2 million euros from the European Union, and humanitarian supplies from Mexico and El Salvador. The European Union also activated the Copernicus satellite system to assist in mapping the damage.
Reports on the government response vary by political perspective. Center left sources highlight the fragility of the new administration's logistics and a lack of experience in disaster management, noting tensions between the new president and the inherited emergency management team. Center right sources focus on the official government balances and the gestures of international solidarity. Center sources emphasize the humanitarian scale of the tragedy and the logistical challenges of the rescue operations. Additionally, some reports note that the chaos has created vulnerabilities in public security, while others highlight the severe impact on indigenous communities in the Chocó and Valle del Cauca regions.
How each side framed it
- Centre-left
- These outlets highlighted the new administration's lack of disaster management experience and the specific suffering of marginalized indigenous communities.
- Centre
- These outlets emphasized the humanitarian crisis, the scale of the destruction, and the general logistical challenges of the response.
- Centre-right
- These outlets focused on official government figures, the success of rescue operations, and the arrival of international aid.
Sources
- Centre-left Al Jazeera: Woman rescued after 36 hours under rubble in Colombia
- Centre BBC News: Woman pulled alive from rubble 36 hours after Colombia quake
- Centre-left CNN: A whisper from the rubble led to baby’s rescue after Colombia earthquake
- Centre CNN Brasil: Understand what makes earthquakes like the one in Colombia deadly
- Centre CNN Brasil: Colombia decrees three days of national mourning for deaths in earthquake
- Centre CNN Brasil: Colombia enters third day of searches after devastating 7.4 earthquake
- Centre-right Corriere della Sera: Colombia, still survivors among the earthquake rubble. A mother with her baby extracted alive
- Centre-right Corriere della Sera: In Colombia a woman was extracted alive from the rubble 36 hours after the earthquake
- Centre-left El Espectador: Indigenous peoples of the country announce that there are affected communities after earthquake
- Centre-left El Espectador: Live: there are now 121 victims identified by Medicina Legal after the earthquake
- Centre-left El Espectador: Medicina Legal identifies 121 of the 202 victims it has received from earthquake in Colombia
- Centre-right El Tiempo: This was the tireless search for the father of journalist José Patiño, found dead under one of the buildings in Cali: what is known
- Centre-right El Tiempo: Antonia Lozano, a model from Cali, died after the 7.4 earthquake: her mother Paola and her brother Emilio also lost their lives during the quake
- Centre-right El Tiempo: Official balance of the National Government on deceased and injured after the magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Colombia
- Centre-right El Tiempo: Coming from Buenaventura, one of the regions most impacted by the earthquake, families of military personnel arrived in Cartagena
- Centre-right El Tiempo: Clearing a path on a road with 15 landslides: this was the dramatic rescue of a pregnant woman in San José del Palmar, epicenter of the earthquake
- Centre Financial Times: Colombian earthquake disrupts vital coffee export route
- Centre Folha de S.Paulo: Rescuers in Colombia rescue woman more than 35 hours after earthquake
- Centre France 24: Earthquake in Colombia: Pereira, a "zombie city" in national mourning
- Centre France 24: Earthquake in Colombia: saved after 36 h under the rubble
- Centre France 24: Colombia: earthquake toll revised downwards, survivors testify
- Centre-right Frankfurter Allgemeine: Earthquake in Colombia: A rare moment of hope in the rubble
- Centre-right Infobae: USA sends rescuers to support regions of Colombia hit by the earthquake
- Centre-right Infobae: Karina García recounted the scare she experienced after the earthquake: “The baby almost came out of me”
- Centre-right Infobae: Topos Azteca, without returning to Mexico: from the earthquakes in Venezuela straight to the earthquake in Colombia
- Centre-right Infobae: National government announced that they have received international aid offers for US$1,300 million after the earthquake in Colombia: what they consist of
- Centre-right Infobae: After the earthquake in Colombia, first lady Ana Lucía Pineda confirmed that there will be coverage of funeral expenses for the victims
- Centre-right Infobae: First lady Ana Lucía Pineda revealed the 30 points where donations are received for those affected by the earthquake in Colombia
- Centre-right Infobae: Mexico's Topos arrived in Cali to help in search and rescue efforts after the earthquake: these were their first impressions
- Centre-right La Nacion: Earthquake in Colombia: what is known about the race against time rescues, the injured and fatal victims
- Centre-right La Nacion: A two month old baby and a woman trapped for 36 hours under the rubble: the miraculous rescues of the rescuers in Colombia
- Centre La Silla Vacia: Crime and violence also take advantage of the chaos of the earthquake
- Centre La Silla Vacia: Earthquake, day 3: Buenaventura and Chocó
- Centre-right La Tercera: 93 of 181 deceased by earthquake in Colombia identified
- Centre-right La Tercera: Colombia thanks the gestures of international solidarity: "The world is ready to support in this tragedy"
- Centre-right La Tercera: Earthquake in Colombia: local authorities estimate more than 240 dead from the 7.4 quake
- Centre-left Le Monde: Earthquake in Colombia: at least 216 deaths recorded; three days of mourning decreed
- Centre-right The Economist: A big earthquake reveals two very different Colombias
- Centre-left elDiarioAR: The short circuit in the transfer of power in Colombia complicates the earthquake management for the ultra De la Espriella
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