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WORLDAug 12 · 09:08 UTCWTOP DCWTOP Staff

Earthquake response strains Colombia’s new government and rescuers as they race against the clock

The search for survivors in the rubble following Colombia’s powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake has tested the country’s new government and civil society. The devastating quake, which killed at least 181 people and injured over 2,500, has compounded existing humanitarian crises of poverty and warfare. International aid is arriving from countries including the U.S., Mexico, and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.

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