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Chile to Send 20 Tons of Aid to Colombia After 7.4 Magnitude Earthquake
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Chile to Send 20 Tons of Aid to Colombia After 7.4 Magnitude Earthquake

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Chile is sending 20 tons of humanitarian aid, including food and hygiene kits, to Colombia following the 7.4 magnitude earthquake.
  • The aid package, valued at over $40,000, will be transported by the Chilean Air Force.
  • This gesture of support comes as Chile faces its own significant weather-related emergency, which has caused fatalities and substantial infrastructure damage.

Chile is dispatching 20 tons of humanitarian aid to Colombia to assist with the emergency response following the devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck on Monday. The aid package, coordinated by Chile's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Interior, and Ministry of National Defense, includes essential items such as food, hygiene kits for children, women, and men, and household cleaning products. A donation of medicines from private entities is also part of the shipment.

The aid will be sent via a Chilean Air Force plane on Thursday, according to Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Patricio Torres. He stated that this is Chile's way of showing solidarity during this difficult time for the Colombian people. The value of the humanitarian assistance is estimated at over 40 million pesos, approximately $44,000 USD.

This Thursday a Chilean Air Force plane will depart for Colombia with emergency aid and food. This is how Chile, in these difficult times for the Colombian people, makes its presence felt.

— Patricio TorresUndersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Chile, describing the significance of the aid shipment.

Chilean officials have also expressed readiness to mobilize specialized search and rescue teams, similar to those deployed to Venezuela after a previous earthquake. However, Colombia has not yet formally requested this specific assistance. The announcement of aid follows Chilean President José Antonio Kast's earlier pledge of support to Colombia, a country he recently visited for the presidential inauguration of Abelardo de la Espriella.

This act of solidarity occurs while Chile is grappling with its own severe weather crisis. A significant storm, ongoing since July 14, has affected ten of the country's sixteen regions, resulting in 15 fatalities and causing extensive material and infrastructure damage, particularly to public works. Experts estimate the cost of this storm-related damage to be around $1 billion USD, making Chile's decision to provide aid to Colombia particularly noteworthy.

The flight will depart with humanitarian aid valued at more than 40 million pesos (about 44 thousand dollars).

— Máximo PavezUndersecretary of the Interior of Chile, detailing the value of the aid being sent.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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