The Daily Journal.— Authorities relocated more than 86,000 students to different schools in Caracas and other Venezuelan states due to damage caused by the earthquakes that struck on June 24, acting President Delcy Rodríguez said Monday during the start of the new academic year. “We relocated them so that everyone can attend classes,” Rodríguez said […]
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The Daily Journal.- The two powerful earthquakes that struck several regions of Venezuela on June 24 caused structural damage to homes, buildings and public spaces. Caracas, one of the hardest-hit cities after La Guaira, woke up to cracked walls and ceilings and buckled floors. More than two months after the earthquakes, thousands of families still […]
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The Daily Journal.— Material losses from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck southwestern and central Colombia have reached a preliminary estimate of 30 trillion pesos (about $9.589 billion), Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella said. During a televised address on Monday, the president presented an initial assessment of the earthquake’s economic impact, which struck a […]
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The Daily Journal.- The two earthquakes that struck on June 24 caused an estimated $6.7 billion in direct damage, according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), which warns that the main economic indicators do not fully capture the scale of the losses to assets and property. The estimate appears in the report Venezuela’s Macroeconomic […]
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