00:00And at this moment we have a statement from the President of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, following the 7
00:07.4 earthquake.
00:08He posted a statement on X regarding the emergency in San José del Palmar Department.
00:15Abelardo de la Espriella, the President of Colombia, stated that he has assumed direct oversight of the situation,
00:23ordering the establishment of a unified command post and announcing plans to travel to Pereira.
00:30In his social media message, the President-elect noted that he requested a detailed situation report from disaster risk management
00:38officials
00:39regarding immediate needs in the affected areas.
00:42He added that government agencies are responding to the emergency as assessments of the impact continue across the region.
00:52These were the words of the Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella as part of his response
00:59after the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck the country.
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