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A recent earthquake in Colombia on Friday, August 21, has resulted in 321 fatalities and over 4,500 injured, according to a new balance from the UNGRD.

Colombia’s Supreme Court formally accused six House Representatives and ordered the arrest of two of them over their alleged involvement in the embezzlement of emergency funds. As members of the congressional Public Credit Commission, the lawmakers allegedly agreed to a compensation in exchange for approving three investment projects funded by the disaster management agency, UNGRD. […] The post Colombia’s Supreme Court orders arrest of 2 house representatives on corruption charges appeared fi...

President Gustavo Petro declared an emergency in large parts of Colombia in response to rains that flooded vast areas and threaten to overflood dams. The emergency was declared in all provinces on the Caribbean coast and the Choco province, which has both a Pacific and a Caribbean coast. According to disaster management agency UNGRD, heavy […] The post Colombia declares emergency in response to widespread floods appeared first on Colombia News.