00:00Colombia's national government officially declares a state of national disaster from Bogotá, the country's capital.
00:05The decision was announced by President Abelardo de la Espriella one day after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake
00:11shaked several cities across the country from the headquarters of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management.
00:17Upon signing the decree, he ensured that the declaration will help speed up emergency response
00:22and facilitate the use of resources to meet the needs of the affected communities.
00:27Precisely for this reason, various sectors have questioned the delay in the Executive Act
00:32which will facilitate many measures to protect the lives of citizens.
00:36According to the presidential decree, the government is planning economic aid for affected families and tax relief
00:42although nearly all of these measures are directed at the business community.
00:53At this moment, here at the headquarters of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management in Bogotá,
01:00I am signing the decree declaring a national disaster.
01:04I am accompanied by the Legal Secretary of the Presidency and the Minister of Finance.
01:09This legal instrument will allow us to address this tragedy in the best possible way.
01:15May God bless Colombia. I sign for the country.
01:17the government underlieve.
01:18so
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